Global sea levels rising faster than previously thought
"The world's seas are rising faster than previously thought, offering stark evidence that global warming is posing dire challenges to coastal communities around the world."
Ethanol output for 2015 to hit 14.35 bil gal, biodiesel 1.24 bil gal
"US ethanol production averaged 927,000 b/d in April, according to the Energy Information Administration, with full-year 2015 production expected to average 936,000 b/d, or 14.35 billion total gallons.
US biodiesel output will average 81,000 b/d in 2015, or 1.24 billion total gallons, the EIA said in its May Short-Term Energy Outlook."
Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition
"Forests could save the planet, we all know that. But a new United Nations-backed report on the link between forests and food production and nutrition says that woodlands could be the key to ending hunger and will be intimately linked to the global fight against climate change."
Carbon negative in USA: bioenergy is critical new study found
"Carbon negative options have been studied for years. However, today biomass plantations and biochar can easily be a part of any project aiming to mitigate climate change.
In California, a new UC Berkeley study shows that if biomass electricity production is combined with carbon capture and sequestration in the western United States, by 2050 power generators could reduce emissions up to 145 percent from 1990 levels, even while retaining gas- or coal-burning plants. Such reductions can occur with as little as 7 percent of the power coming from “Bioenergy combined with Carbon Capture & Sequestration”, also known as BECCS."
JBEI gets results from proteomics in switchgrass varieties
"In California, if advanced biofuels are to replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on a gallon-for-gallon basis at competitive pricing, we’re going to need a new generation of fuel crops – plants designed specifically to serve as feedstocks for fuels."
Switchgrass Will Power Navy Jet Fighters With 95% Less Greenhouse Emissions
"The more you poke at the Navy biofuel initiatives, the more you just seem to rile them up. Earlier this spring, for example, the Navy went ahead and announced a new round of $18 million in matching funds for four new biofuel pilot projects shortly after certain members of Congress tried to put a damper on its biofuel program. In the latest maneuver, today the National Renewable Energy Laboratory piled on with a press release that details all of the resources it’s going to contribute to one of the projects, a switchgrass-based jet biofuel process that is expected to involve 95 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional jet fuel production."
What Americans Think About Climate Change in Seven Maps
"Researchers at Yale have unveiled a new interactive map that estimates public opinion on global warming right down to the county level."
DOE Bioenergy Research Report
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Research Report is now available for download in PDF format.
Global Summary Information - February 2015
"The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for February 2015 was the second highest since record keeping began in 1880. Both the year-to-date (January–February) and seasonal (December–February) globally averaged temperatures were record high."
Winter 2015 Is Warmest on Record
"Average global temperatures for the past winter were the highest since record keeping began in 1880, according to a summary released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), a branch of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."
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