Title Biofuels and the environment : impact assessments and mitigation opportunities / Tobias M. Fischer, editor

Published New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource Series Environmental research advances Energy science, engineering and technology Environmental research advances series. Energy science, engineering and technology series. Contents BIOFUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND MITIGATION OPPORTUNITIES -- BIOFUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND MITIGATION OPPORTUNITIES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BIOFUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FIRST TRIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS -- ABSTRACT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BACKGROUND AND APPROACH -- 3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SPECIFIC FEEDSTOCKS -- 4. BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT, STORAGE, AND END USE -- 5. INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 6. SYNTHESIS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS7. ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM BIOFUELS: 2013 TO 2022 -- APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS -- APPENDIX B. SUMMARY OF EPA STATUTORY AUTHORITIES HAVING POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF BIOFUELS -- APPENDIX C. CONCEPTUAL MODELS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD (RFS): OVERVIEW AND ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD (RFS) -- RFS AS PUBLIC POLICY -- POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH THE EXPANDED RFS -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX Summary This book examines the first of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) triennial reports on the current and potential future environmental impacts associated with the requirements of the Clean Air Act. It reviews environmental and resource conservation impacts, as well as opportunities to mitigate these impacts, at each stage of the biofuel supply chain: feedstock production, feedstock logistics, biofuel production, biofuel distribution, and biofuel use. The information included here is considered foundational for future efforts to quantitatively compare the environmental impacts of alt Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics. Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects Form Electronic book Author Fischer, Tobias M LC no. 2020676382 ISBN 9781629480930 1629480932

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