Purpose – The Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is a specific example of life cycle assessment (LCA) applied to legislative measures that have far-reaching implications for economic operators. This paper aims to analyze LCA limitations for biofuels based on RED from an environmental accounting...

To meet its objectives of expanding biofuel production, Brazil is confronted with the need to allocate new land areas for energy crops. This raises issues to be resolved concerning future exports to Europe. The European Directive 2009/28/CE of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy...

Life cycle analysis (LCA), as it is currently applied, can lead to biased results. The use of LCA information is particularly sensitive when taken in the context of government regulatory frameworks. Indeed, instead of encouraging companies to reduce their impact on the environment,...