Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Biofuels

July 2024

  • King Charles steps out of one of the royal chauffeur-driven Bentleys

    ‘A real pioneer’: King Charles seeks to embody green values in royal estate

  • the yellow and red shell logo atop a green petro pump nozzle

    Shell to pause construction of huge biodiesel plant in Rotterdam

June 2024

  • Man wearing a suit next to a microphone

    BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects

    New boss Murray Auchincloss reverses move away from fossil fuels, which had weighed on company’s share price

April 2024

  • MasterChef stainless steel cookware range

    Environment groups accuse MasterChef of greenwashing after gas sponsorship deals unveiled

    Channel Ten show’s planned use of biomethane and hydrogen in cooking challenges ‘completely out of sync’ with changing attitudes, critics say

December 2023

  • Close-up of part of a Virgin Atlantic plane

    Calls for tighter rules on biofuels imports to root out palm oil fraud

    Investigations suggest a large share of ‘used’ cooking oil being imported could be wrongly labelled as demand outpaces supply

November 2023

  • BA and Virgin Atlantic planes at London’s Heathrow airport

    Virgin Atlantic and BA face formal complaints over sustainability claims

  • FILE - Boat captain Emosi Dawai looks at the superyacht Amadea where it is docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 13, 2022. On May 5, five U.S. federal agents boarded the massive Russian-owned superyacht Amadea that was berthed in Lautoka harbor in Fiji in a case that is highlighting the thorny legal ground the U.S. is finding itself on as it tries to seize assets of Russian oligarchs around the world. (Leon Lord/Fiji Sun via AP, File)

    The wealthiest polluters must clean up their act

July 2023

  • Iowa's Agricultural Economy Under Threat From Trade War With China<br>TIPTON, IA - JULY 13: Corn and soybeans grow on a farm on July 13, 2018 near Tipton, Iowa. Farmers in Iowa and the rest of the country, who are already faced with decade-low profits, are bracing for the impact a trade war with China may have on their bottom line going forward. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Lawsuit says US environmental agency ignores harm of biofuel production

  • A woman reading a book in front of a wood-burning stove

    Sadiq Khan in U-turn on ‘eco’ wood-burners amid pollution fears

June 2023

  • Composite photographs of rainforest superimposed on land cleared for agriculture

    The Bruno and Dom project
    A look at some of the corporations that dominate the Amazon

    From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something back

March 2023

  • Airbus A350-1000 Departs Sydney Following Qantas Announcement Of Order For A350-1000 Aircraft To Operate Project Sunrise Flights<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 04: An Airbus A350-1000 flight test aircraft departs Sydney Airport on May 04, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Qantas announced a major fleet decision this week, with twelve Airbus A350-1000s to be ordered to operate non-stop "Project Sunrise" flights from Australia's east coast to New York, London and other key destinations. The aircraft will feature market-leading passenger comfort in each travel class with services to start by the end of 2025. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images for Airbus/Qantas)

    Jet planes and sugar cane: Qantas and Airbus get on board biofuel factory in Queensland

    Aviation giants look to agricultural waste in bid to cut emissions but experts say it is no panacea
  • Algae in a petri dish

    Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding

    Insiders aren’t surprised as ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research
  • Someone adjusts a dial on the control panel of a gas boiler

    Gas industry lobbying hard against EU boiler phaseout, leaked emails suggest

    Liquid petroleum gas firms want a directive to favour biofuels and hydrogen, to which they could pivot

January 2023

  • Red Mediterranean seaweed (Asparagopsis armata) on a rocky reef

    Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds

    Scientists identify parts of ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10% of human diet to reduce impact of agriculture

December 2022

  • A motorcyclist talks to a worker standing next to a truck loaded with wood logs

    The age of extinction
    Stop burning trees to make energy, say 650 scientists before Cop15 biodiversity summit

    Letter says bioenergy is wrongly deemed ‘carbon neutral’ and contributes to wildlife loss

August 2022

  • Drax power station

    Burning imported wood in Drax power plant ‘doesn’t make sense’, says Kwarteng

    Drax power plant has taken £5.6bn in subsidies from energy bill payers but business secretary says practice is ‘not sustainable’

July 2022

  • A combine harvester

    Halt use of biofuels to ease food crisis, says green group

    RePlanet calls on EU to ditch organic targets and for governments to lift bans on genetically modified crops

June 2022

  • George Monbiot

    Why are we feeding crops to our cars when people are starving?

    George Monbiot
  • Sacks of grain

    US to proceed with production of biofuels despite global food crisis

May 2022

  • Rapidly gentrifying Bristol, where many residents have installed wood burners.

    Do wood burners add to air pollution in cities? Yes, say citizen scientists

    Pioneering Bristol study blames the solid-fuel burners in people’s homes for breaches of World Health Organisation guidelines
About 612 results for Biofuels
1234...
Explore more on these topics
  翻译：