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November 28, 2014
This Thanksgiving, EESI would like to give thanks to our readers, the diverse community of biomass stakeholders. You work to advance a low-carbon economy that incorporates the use of biomass in farms and communities as clean sources of electricity, heat, and liquid fuels, and for that, we’re truly thankful. If you enjoy our work, we hope you will consider including us in your charitable donations this holiday season. EESI is entirely funded by grants and donations, which help us operate objectively and independently.
The past few months have been filled with lots of news and advances in the sustainable biomass space, as well as in other areas of the low-carbon economy. While we hope you are taking a well-deserved break, we encourage you to take a peek at a few of the other things going on at EESI.
If you are interested in learning more about EESI’s work on climate change, check out our recent publications, including Polling the American Public on Climate Change (2014) and EPA’s Timeline on Lowering Greenhouse Gases. If you’re interested in the historic US-China climate pact, check out Executive Director Carol Werner’s comments on the huge opportunities the deal offers.
Enthusiastic about the new Hunger Games movie? You can check out the equally thrilling videos of EESI’s Congressional briefings! You can find all past briefings at our Briefings page, including our briefing on The Economic and Climate Implications of Methane Emissions from the Oil & Gas Sector, as well as the Climate Impacts in the Midwest: Becoming More Resilient, which discussed the huge impacts of climate change to agriculture in Midwestern states.
And if you’re wondering what the deferral to 2015 of the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard Renewable Volume Obligate (RVO) might mean for the renewable fuels industry, you can check out our analysis of the EPA’s recent announcement. Learn more about the toxicity of gasoline, particularly gasoline aromatics, by checking out a recent synopsis of the problems attributed to these octane-providers. And while hydraulic fracturing has provided an abundance of domestic natural gas and oil, researchers are finding that it isn’t necessarily the clean solution we're seeking to our energy needs, given the mounting evidence of the deleterious health effects to workers and communities near wells.
Finally -- If you find yourself explaining the benefits of renewable energy to friends and family at the dinner table this holiday season, you can read our Op-Ed, "Germany’s energiewende is not the boogeyman," for some interesting facts on Germany’s energy transition and why the significant amounts of agricultural and municipal wastes in the United States should be tapped for renewable energy.
Thanks for reading and hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Jessie Stolark
Advancing science-based climate solutions
Top-Rated Climate Nonprofit – 4-Star Charity