Keyword(s): Biofuel
07/09/11
11:09:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Research, Technologies
Reuters: Factbox: What EU studies say on biofuels' indirect damage, July 8, 2011
Keywords: Biofuel, Carbon Dioxide more »
03/09/11
04:55:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 226 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Spiegel Online International: Chaos at the Pumps; German Consumers Are Wary of New E10 Biofuel, March 4, 2011
Germany recently began introducing gasoline containing a higher percentage of biofuels. But consumers have so far been skittish, leading to p… more »
07/16/10
09:18:26 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 102 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
Greg Mankiw's Blog: The Problem with Biofuels, July 15, 2010
Mankiw writes:
"Some people who oppose Pigovian taxes, such as a gasoline tax, say we should reduce our gasoline consumption by subsidizing substitutes, such as biofuels. A new CBO repor… more »
08/08/09
07:37:32 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 211 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Initiatives, Technologies
Miller-McCune: Reality Pricks Corn Ethanol's Bubble,
While corn may not be the answer, biologically derived fuels remain the holy grail for many researchers. In Part II ("Surely There's Some Flora Out There to Fuel My Car"), Doug Struck looks at effo… more »
01/14/09
10:19:20 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 111 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Politics, Technologies
FT: California scheming, Jan. 14, 2009
A new Silicon Valley is being born. The northern Californian region that brought the world microprocessors, personal computers and Google now has its sights set on another technological revolution: one founded on… more »
11/19/08
06:58:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 64 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Swissinfo: Right to eat comes before fuel, minister says, Nov. 18, 2008
An international conference is taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, to discuss biofuels and how promoting them could help solve global security and environmental issues.
In an inte… more »
10/22/08
02:20:52 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 114 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Politics, Technologies
Another industry whose boom has been initiated by government regulation measures..
FT: Investors suffer as US ethanol boom dries up, Oct. 21, 2008
Investors, such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates, are sitting on billions of dollars in losses after buyi… more »
07/24/08
11:58:17 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 95 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends
VOX: What’s causing global food price inflation?, July 22, 2008
"New research shows that India, China, and speculators are not the culprits in the food price explosion. Biofuels were a significant element in the 2005-2007 food price surge as they acco… more »
07/04/08
07:58:57 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 225 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Guardian: Secret report: biofuel caused food crisisInternal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive, July 4, 2008
"Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World… more »
06/26/08
01:57:57 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 241 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Research
OECD: Rising Food Prices: Causes and Consequences, 2008
Recent steep price increases of major crops (cereals, oilseeds) were triggered by a combination of production remaining somewhat below trend and strong growth of demand.
A low and declining l… more »
05/03/08
01:34:21 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 173 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Research
Population growth is not a major cause of the current dramatic rise in food prices. Even though population is growing since a long time food prices have been drifting gradually downward sind the early seventies of the last century.
It is a combination… more »
05/01/08
07:48:14 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 247 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives, Research
Guardian: Growth factors by Robert Watson April 30, 2008
"Climate change is already impacting on, and is likely to increase, invasive species, pests and disease vectors that all adversely affect agricultural productivity. Advances in agricultural know… more »
04/18/08
07:33:49 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 241 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Research, Technologies
We have raised the issue that the enthusiasm of various institutions for biofuels might lead to a dynamic creating a bubble. A heavily discussed, new study of the University of California at Davis deals with this issue:
Bursting the Biofuel Bubble: Co… more »
04/14/08
06:52:25 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 204 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends
The Becker Posner Blog: Rising Food Prices and Public Policy, April 13, 2008
"Rather, the boom in petroleum prices and subsidies to ethanol and other biofuels are the most important forces explaining the recent increase in food prices. Both the shar… more »
04/13/08
08:14:58 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 107 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
"Gordon Brown has written to the Japanese PM to asking him as chair of the G8 group of industrialised nations to take action to deal with rising food prices. The letter was also sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the IMF… more »
02/23/08
04:47:20 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 176 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Research
New York Times, Feb. 8, 2008, Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat: "Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account, two studie… more »
11/23/07
08:51:47 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 244 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Program for the Study of Biofuels, Poverty and Food Security, a collaborative effort of various US research institutions and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, February 2007
Key findings and elements of the proposed future collaborativ initiative:… more »
09/30/07
08:12:49 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 424 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Source: "Biofuels - at what Costs by Dough Koplow
Ethanol's Boom Stalling as Glut depresses Price, NYT, Sept. 30, 2007
Attached article from the online section of the New York Times clearly demonstrates how subsidies in many cases lead to market di… more »
07/26/07
A UK goverment working group has created a very informative publication explaining how the UK intends to make a firm committment to tackle climate change. The Report ist titled "UK Biomass Strategy" and was published in May 2007 by the Department for En… more »
07/15/07
We have mentioned in the last post that policy makers should create a framework which provides incentives for environmentally correct behavior and for new technology development. It seems to be crucial that such incentives are market oriented and do not… more »
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VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS:
- American Agric. Economics Association
- Berkeley Institute of the EnvironmentLeading environment research center of UC Berkeley
- Ecological EconomicsBlog by Dave Iverson; highly academic; giving an “ecological” perspective on the current environmental debate
- EcoTrekkerTop 50 Alternative Energy Blogs
- Environmental and Urban Economics:Blog of UCLA professor Matthew E. Kahn; posts are a mix of environmental and urban economics. Matt also gives some excellent insights into academic life and a top quality publication record to match
- Daily Reckoning (Commodities Section)
- Environmental CapitalDaily analysis of the business of the environment by The Wall Street Journal
- Environmental EconomicsEconomists Tim Haab and John Whitehead on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis
- Harvard Environmental Economics ProgramA University wide research initiative
- International Trade Statistics by Product (UNCTAD)
- MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
- Oxford Business Group
- PERCthe US's oldest and largest institute dedicated to original research that brings market principles to resolving environmental problems
- Planet Ark (Reuters)daily environmental news
- United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
- United Nations environmental Publications
- US Geological Service - Minerals Information
- US Senate on Natural Resources
- Whiskey and Gunpower
- WTO
- Sierra Club
COMMODITY DATA:
- CNN Money (Commodities)
- Reuters Commodity Prices
- World Bank Commodity Price Data
- The World Gold Council
ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY:
- Eco Business Links
- Business in the Environment
- Earth Trends
- Energy Information Administration (Official US enviromental Statistics)
- Environmental Code of Conducts
- Global Environmental Management Initiative
- Environmental Protection Agency
- GRIST.ORG
- International Corporate Sustainability Reporting
- The European Pollutant Emission Register (Information on approx. 9'200 industrial Sites)
- MasterResource: a free-market energy blog
- World Business Council for sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World.org: 100 top environmental sites
- Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS:
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
COMPANY'S SUSTAINA- BILITY REPORTING:
- British Petroleum: Environment and Society
- British Telecom: Society and Environment
- NEC: Annual environmental Report 2006
- Novo Nordisk: Sustainability
- Shell: Environment and Society
- Unilever: Sustainability Development Report
- Global Reporters 2006: Ranking of non-financial Reporting
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WORKING PAPERS:
- SSRN: Biggest Collection of Working Papers (Environmental Economics)
- Globalization of sustainable Development?: Principles and Practices in transnational Corporations (Dennis A. Rondinelli)
