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Biofuel may be bad news for forests, climate, food security, says report

2015-02-27 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A new report from the World Resources Institute finds that dedicating land to the production of biofuels, a form of renewable energy made from plants, may undermine efforts to achieve a sustainable food future, combat climate change, and protect forests. The global population hit seven billion in 2011 and is expected to grow to nine billion in 2050. Feeding all those people without chopping down forests for agriculture and livestock will already be a difficult task, according to Tim Searchinger,...

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