Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - December 4, 2015

Behind the 2 Degree Scenario Presented at COP21

On November 30, 40,000 delegates from 195 countries descended on Paris to hammer out a global climate pact at the U.N. Convention on Climate Change's (UNCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21). According to all involved, the stakes are incredibly high. By even the most conservative scientific estimates, the window for meaningful climate change mitigation - and a chance to limit warming to two degrees Celsius -is quickly closing.  But what if GHGs could be removed from the atmosphere, through carbon negative technologies, including biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)? 

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Headlines:

1) EPA's Renewable Fuels Decision Step in Right Direction

2) House Backs Sweeping Energy Bill to Boost Oil, Natural Gas

3) USDA Report Details Climate Change Threat to U.S. and Global Agriculture

4) Report Concludes US Pellet Exports No Threat to Southern Forests

5) EPA Wants Dow Pesticide Off the Market

 

Event:

Fuel Quality Matters: Making Cars Cleaner, More Efficient

Monday, December 14
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
385 Russell Senate Office Building
Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE
Please RSVP to expedite check-in
 
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing examining the health impacts of current octane sources and the need for cleaner, cost-effective octane providers. Octane is necessary for vehicle performance and increasing octane volumes would enable highly efficient engines. At the same time, octane-boosters in use today have historically been highly toxic compounds. But cleaner alternatives are available—namely biofuels.

 

To Contact the Editor: Jessie Stolark at [email protected]

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