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Ethanol Europe
New data shows Commission maladministration is an open door to palm oil fraud
Est. 3minOn December 5 DG Energy finally published its data on the origins of renewable fuels certified for transport under the Renewable Energy Directive. The findings are worse than feared. James Cogan is a policy advisor to Ethanol Europe. The …
The EU needs a business case for carbon removals
Est. 6minIf Europe achieves its 2030 biomethane target it will have unwittingly created the conditions to cheaply mitigate the carbon emissions equivalent to an entire member state, writes James Cogan.
NGO biofuel claims are harming climate, energy and food security aims
Est. 5minEnvironmental NGOs have been quick to attack the green credentials of biofuels, with some calling for fuels from crops to be curtailed. But their criticism ignores objective evidence, writes James Cogan.
COP25 – ethanol brings welcome contribution to transport climate action
Est. 5minTransport accounts for a quarter of climate-harming greenhouse gas emissions and, at a glance, a quarter of COP25 talks are about cutting transport emissions. They’re the hardest kind to cut, writes James Cogan. James Cogan is a policy advisor to Ethanol …
E10 safe in all petrol cars
Est. 6minFolklore shouldn’t stop progress: if a car works fine with today’s petrol from EU filling stations, it will work just fine with the new E10 petrol, writes Ethanol Europe's James Cogan.
EU bioeconomy strategy and IPCC – planets apart
Est. 4minThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that biofuels will need to rise 260% by 2030 and 750% by 2050 in order to contain global warming below 1.5°C. Yet, the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, published days after, seems to ignore this, writes James Cogan.
Ethanol producers promote Paris Agreement goals with UNFCCC
Sustainable biofuels such as corn ethanol are climate solutions ready for use today, as the Climate Ethanol Alliance showed at COP 23 in Bonn.
Anti-biofuel ideologues support the oil status quo
Est. 7minAnti-biofuel ideologues claim to be pro-climate and pro-development. But their positions, in fact, support the oil status quo, the concentration of power in the energy sector in the hands of large multinationals and the decline of the EU farming sector, writes Eric Sievers.