There has been a lot of bellyaching among right wing extremists about the NFL’s decision to make Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny the headline attraction of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, claiming he was “not an American artist.” That dismissive attitude offers insight into the fraught relationship between the … [continued]
Soy biofuels will no longer count towards EU renewable targets, with new EU Commission research confirming they contribute significantly to deforestation. The EU will phase out soy in an attempt to curb the use of biofuels linked to indirect land-use change (ILUC), a significant cause of CO2 emissions and biodiversity loss, new … [continued]
Huge biofuels expansion without safeguards would drive deforestation. Next month the world’s spotlight will turn to Belém, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, as Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit. The setting is symbolic. The Amazon, “the lungs of the planet,” is a wealth of biodiversity and … [continued]
Last month US President Donald Trump pushed for Coca-Cola to switch its US sweetening ingredient from corn syrup to cane sugar. It’s part of a long-term, successful lobbying effort — the sugar industry is renowned for its ample political donations and easy access to the White House. Is it a … [continued]
As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.
As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.
The Martinique rum distiller Rhum J.M has developed the sustainable EDDEN model to showcase the re-use of agricultural byproducts, along with drones and other clean tech.
A new type of sugarcane possessing a photosynthetic rate that’s been increased by 30%, boosted oil production, and improved cold-tolerance has been developed by a multi-institutional research team. The new sugarcane was developed with the intention of allowing large-scale biodiesel production to be undertaken in the US, using the new … [continued]
Questions swirl around the idea of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for powering transport, but researchers from the University of Birmingham have started creating clean hydrogen from food waste, an idea that could revolutionise the bioenergy industry. A look at Brazil — the world’s most intensive user of … [continued]
New plastic bottles are being introduced to the consumer marketplace, made primarily from sugar cane instead of petroleum.
Australian scientists are aiming to finish sequencing the genome for sugarcane by this time next year. Once completed, it could lead to the development of a super biofuel. Sugarcane is already being widely harvested as a biofuel, but with the genome mapped researchers could pinpoint exactly where in its DNA … [continued]
