Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

90 US scientists demand revision of biofuels carbon accounting

Biofuels Digest
May 25, 2010 Jim Lane

In Washington, 90 US scientists wrote to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid to fix accounting standards for greenhouse gas emissions associated with bioenergy projects.

The scientists said they wanted to correct a perception that “that all biofuels and bioenergy are equally good for the environment and are all lower in carbon emissions than fossil fuels.”

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