Author: Guest Contributor, Tim Searchinger

  • Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

    This post originally was published on WRI.org.How does bioenergy contribute to a sustainable food and climate future?A new WRI paper finds bioenergy can play a modest role using wastes and other niche fuelstocks, but recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. The lesson: do not grow food or grass crops for ethanol or diesel or cut down…