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BIODIESEL * Europe - Study questions biodiesel benefit claims
This time in Europe, where biodiesel and ethanol are heavily subsidized
Brussels,Belgium -Reuters/TruckingInfo/Today's Trucking -22 April 2010: ... A European Union document shows that greenhouse gas emissions generated by the production of biodiesel can be up to four times greater than diesel or gasoline... According Reuters, the EU has found that clearing and burning forest land results in carbon dioxide emissions that cancel out the benefits of biofuels... The document states that soybean-based biodiesel, the most popular form of the alternative fuel, can indirectly produce 339.9 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions per gigajoule -- which is said to be four times the amount of emissions of standard diesel... Other studies in recent years have made similar "carbon debt" claims... In response, the National Biodiesel Board -- an association of biodiesel producers in the U.S. -- claims the EU study's estimates were biased to European products, and did not follow proper lifecycle analysis for U.S. products... (Photo from ecologiaverde: biodiesel pump with flowers)
* Iowa Fines Corn Ethanol Producer for Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides
Nevada,IO,USA -Environmental Leader -April 14, 2010: -- State of Iowa fined biofuel producer Lincolnway Energy $176,750 for pollution offenses. Suit also alleged producer discharged wastewater into creek that resulted in excessive effluent limits for iron, suspended solids, and total residual chlorine... Fine stems from emissions of particulates and nitrogen oxides that exceed limits at ethanol plant... Lincolnway Energy agreed to consent decree and related civil penalty after lawsuit was filed by Iowa Attorney General’s office... Lincolnway has since corrected wastewater effluent problems... Lincolnway Energy plant can produce up to 55M gallons of ethanol a year... (Photo from jbholland: Lincolnway-Energy)
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