Energy issues Posts

World Food Day This is the Green contribution(UNEP) to food security debate to coincide with the FAO meeting in October

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EU changes emphasis on biofuels as food security debate escalates

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UN puts pressure on biofuel policies at World Food Summit

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FAO Experts paper on climate change and food security (world view)

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Delivering More Crop Per Drop Conference

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions /energy and biodiversity

Tuomisto H L, Hodge I D, Riordan P and Macdonald D W (2012). Comparing energy […]

Defra launch Water White paper More about keeping taps running and environment damage doing that ,than food production

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The Renewable Heat incentive for biomass and other alternative heat technologies is announced

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy_mix/renewable/policy/incentive/incentive.aspx

Europe ponders the biofuel crops versus land use priorities (food –environment)

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1772

Largest Biomass Plant to Produce Green Electricity

A new power station that will use wood chip to produce enough electricity to power […]