grasslands Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:16:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Are Biofuel Crops Actually Increasing Carbon Emissions? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-crops-carbon-emissions/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-crops-carbon-emissions/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:16:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54144 On the surface, planting biofuels crops might seem to be a good carbon-neutral endeavor, but research indicates quite the opposite. Could growing biofuel crops to fuel your flex-fuel vehicle actually be worse for the environment? A new UW-Madison (University of Wisconsin at Madison) study seems to indicate quite the opposite. The way we see it, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-crops-carbon-emissions/feed/ 1 54144 Grasslands Replaced by Biofuel Crops, Wildlife Affected https://www.greenoptimistic.com/grasslands-biofuel-crops-wildlife-20130219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/grasslands-biofuel-crops-wildlife-20130219/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33624 Biofuels may be better for the environment than fossil fuels, but the hunt for profit destroys grasslands and pastures in the U.S. and affects wildlife. This is the conclusion of a study led by Christopher Wright and Michael Wimberly from South Dakota State University in Brookings. The two pulled their conclusions by analyzing satellite imagery […]

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