Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970’s, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security. From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by...

Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970's, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security.?From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by...

42 Milliarden Euro Subventionen schadeten im Jahr 2006 der Umwelt und konterkarierten somit Umweltschutz-Bemühungen. Die negativen Wirkungen reichen von der Förderung des Klimawandels über die Beeinträchtigung der Wasser-, Boden- und Luftqualität bis hin zur Erhöhung der...

Subsidies are pervasive throughout OECD countries and much of this support is potentially harmful environmentally. This report presents sectoral analyses on agriculture, fisheries, water, energy and transport, proposing a checklist approach to identifying and assessing environmentally harmful...