Biofuel

New proposals will limit crop-based biofuels' contribution to renewable energy targets but fail to take indirect emissions into account

Car-maker and US start-up produce new biofuel using micro-organisms, sunlight, and waste CO2

Jonathon Counsell, BA's head of environment, says operational measures, new technology, and biofuels will help carrier halve emissions by 2050

Preferred site has been chosen for London facility set to generate two per cent of BA's fuel from waste

Distillery signs deal with Napier University start-up to turn whisky by-products into next-generation biofuels

7-11 and Wegmans are among several nationwide US chains signed up to a virtual marketplace for waste and recycling jobs

German airline signs deal with Australian company to build industrial-scale plant in an unnamed country

Draft proposals in October will cap biofuels derived from wheat or rapeseed at five per cent of transport fuel

Ignoring land-use changes increases chances of raised emissions, while separate Oxfam study warns of effect on food prices