Of all the tools we have to curb climate change, devoting land to growing bioenergy crops is among the most contentious. The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the ...

Demand for biofuels has been growing in many parts of the world. Governments, particularly those in countries with big ...

• Biofuels can offer a more sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but their sustainability depends on how biomass is grown, sourced and governed. Poorly planned production and expansion can harm ...

A recent study announced, to relatively large fanfare, that renewable energy fuels are more damaging to the planet than petrol. In particular, it claimed these biofuels release more CO2 into the air.

Maybe it was simply too good to be true. For proponents, biofuels — petroleum substitutes made from plant matter like corn or sugar cane — seemed to promise everything. Using biofuels rather than oil ...

The U.S. can maintain its agricultural productivity and create new markets for biofuels, which will benefit farmers, ...

Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of algal biofuels to meet even 5 percent of U.S.

CoverCress is a new winter cash crop whose grain can be crushed to make sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Imagine a world where jets fly around the planet on fuel sourced from plants, ...

In the next 30 years, the number of flights is expected to increase by 70 per cent. Unless things change, by 2050 the aviation industry will have used up more than a quarter of all the carbon dioxide ...

Industrialized countries have subsidized the use of biofuels in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But campaigners say a focus on bio-based crops for fuel may actually be doing more harm ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Henry Ford thought of it as the fuel of the future. When he launched his Model T car in 1908 he envisioned that ...