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New research led by a biologist at the University of Washington, Bothell, shows that some of the most popular current biofuel stocks might have exactly the opposite impacts than intended.

Scientists are warning that most of the so-called second-generation biofuels promoted as a new wave of green energy that would not risk driving up food prices have an extraordinarily high potential to escape plantations and create economic and ecological.

Damage from invasive species already costs the world more than $1.4 trillion annually. But now a new report says that biofuel crops could also become invasive species -- and that the risk needs to be evaluated before these crops are planted.

Many crops that could be used to make biofuels without driving up food prices are invasive species, scientists say.

California as a state seems to be on the right track towards environmental friendliness…..RIGHT? BIG WRONG…….Sweden has recently taken the wind out of our sails by announcing that they will be oil free by 2020. Where California has been taking ba

The European Union is considering stringent social and environmental criteria for imports that the US and some other big biofuel producers would not meet.

This article discusses the factors responsible for the global food crisis occurring as well as possible solutions in which individuals can partake. It should have educational value to many and sources are given throughout the story.

Solar Powered Microbes Manufacture Biofuels -- article related to Earth, Biotech, and Science.

The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a looming hunger crisis in poor countries and a looming energy crisis worldwide, world...

My thoughts about global food crisis, its expansion and things we can do on our side to save the world from starvation.