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EPA Palm Oil Pathway Notice of Data Availability

Environmental burden shifting and sustainability criteria for biofuels

Historical Analysis and Projection of Oil Palm Plantation Expansion on Peatland in Southeast Asia

Study using satellite mapping data of historical and projected rates at which oil palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia have expanded and will expand onto peat soils

Scenarios for UK biofuel deployment

Biodiesel carbon intensity, sustainability and effects on vehicles and emissions

This paper summarizes direct and indirect emission and sustainability impacts of biodiesel and assesses the effect of biodiesel blends from the most common feedstocks on compression ignition engine emissions and performance. 

Estimating Displacement Ratios of Wheat DDGS in Animal Feed Rations in Great Britain

Bioethanol production results in a co-product, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), that is used in the animal feed industry. It has been generally assumed that DDGS will replace both soya and cereals in animal feeds and this assumption,...

Indirect land use change in Europe (considering the policy options)

The European Commission recently released updated results of modelling by the International Food Policy Research Institute of the likely indirect effects of the EU’s biofuels mandate. We critically assess this work, concluding that while there...

Summary of US National Academies Research Council (NRC) report “Renewable Fuels Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy”

New IFPRI MIRAGE iLUC study released by European Commission

European Biodiesel Board launches pre-emptive critiques of new European Commission/IFPRI iLUC modelling