Let me state for the record that I have been against the development of biofuels for a long time. I think it is just the taking of one kind of burning fuel and replacing it with another, and in the mean time nothing changes. We are still extracting something from the earth, lighting [...]
A report issued by the nonprofit organization Environmental Defense has declared petroleum extraction projects in Canada’s oil sands to be “the most destructive project on Earth.”
“When even former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, who started the Tar Sands ball rolling, is calling for change, you know this is a major disaster,” said Aaron Freeman, the group’s [...]
Let’s be honest with ourselves here for a moment; we have a problem with oil. Sure, it wasn’t a problem before because there was plenty of it, we did not use that much, and we had no idea of the environmental effects of using it for everything. But we have a problem now – [...]
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The production and use of biofuels such as ethanol would contribute to global warming more than simply using gasoline, according to two studies published in the journal Science.
One study, conducted by a scientist from the Nature Conservancy and researchers from the University of Minnesota, concluded that the conversion of the Southeast [...]
