A 'RED FLAG' FOR EXPANDING BIOFUELS IN THE TROPICS
July 09, 2008
July 09, 2008
MADISON, Wis., July 9 -- The University of Wisconsin issued the following news release:
Biofuels, by recycling atmospheric carbon, are a potential boon to the world's ailing climate. But efforts in the tropics to significantly expand biofuel production by replacing tropical forests with oil palm, sugarcane and other agricultural biofuels could, in fact, accelerate climate change, according to a new study published this week (July 9).
Writing in the journal Environme . . .
Biofuels, by recycling atmospheric carbon, are a potential boon to the world's ailing climate. But efforts in the tropics to significantly expand biofuel production by replacing tropical forests with oil palm, sugarcane and other agricultural biofuels could, in fact, accelerate climate change, according to a new study published this week (July 9).
Writing in the journal Environme . . .