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Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice

Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions

EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Insights

Cleaner-Burning Fuels at Kenyan Schools Feed Students and Protect Forests

  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • illegal logging
Kenya has lost 9 percent of its forests since 2000. Photo by pxhere
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • illegal logging
Insights
Baobab tree on the edge of Kenyan farmland
  • Forests
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • Energy

The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
People in Nigerian village
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
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Biofuels Are Not a Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels

  • Energy
  • Food
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
As Earth becomes more crowded, fertile land and the plants it supports become ever more valuable for food, timber and carbon storage—things for which we don’t have an alternative source. Patrick Wall/CIMMYT/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • Food
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change

Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels
The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights

New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater
A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources

Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation

What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

5 Reasons Why It’s (Still) Important to Reduce Fugitive Methane Emissions

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
Insights

Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • extractive industries
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • extractive industries

New Data Reveals Rising Coal Use

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset