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The author argues that discussions about bioenergy must not focus too strongly on biofuels for transportation. Other bioenergy appraches, many small in scale, offer ways to reduce carbon emissions without threatening food security.
As people seek to contain rising carbon levels, they may derive increasing amounts of energy from biomass. But land is a finite resource. Food insecurity is already severe in many poor countries.
The author argues that biofuels are essentially a way in which rich countries try to compensate for their failure to reduce their excessive carbon emissions.
The author argues that increased use of biomass energy poses little threat to food security, and that biofuels in particular can play a very significant role in mitigation of climate change.
The author writes that bioenergy's ability to meet energy needs, mitigate climate change, and avoid adverse effects on food production depends on factors such as the technology and feedstock used and the scale of production.
Here are the three main methods that would likely be used to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, if the Assad regime follows through on its announced desire to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
An environmental activist’s e-book unpersuasively argues for 800 new nuclear power plants as the solution to climate change, making many of the same mistakes as the film Pandora’s Promise.
Chemical weapons and national security experts assess the situation in Syria and suggest ways in which the United States and the international community might proceed, in light of what would—if proven true—be the most extensive use of chemical weapons in the Syrian uprising.
The National Biosurveillance Science and Technology Roadmap provides important information, but doesn’t describe a clear route toward improved decision making during a public health emergency.
Will cities take the necessary steps to avoid, withstand, and recover from climate change’s worst effects? The survival and economic well-being of millions depends on that.
My colleagues and I agree on two fundamental points: that it is desirable to initiate a process toward banning weapons of mass destruction from the Middle East and that such a process will be long and difficult.