Microbial production of advanced biofuels

J Keasling, H Garcia Martin, TS Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

[HTML][HTML] Biofuels for a sustainable future

Y Liu, P Cruz-Morales, A Zargar, MS Belcher, B Pang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Rapid increases of energy consumption and human dependency on fossil fuels have led to
the accumulation of greenhouse gases and consequently, climate change. As such, major …

Environmental outcomes of the US renewable fuel standard

TJ Lark, NP Hendricks, A Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) specifies the use of biofuels in the United States and
thereby guides nearly half of all global biofuel production, yet outcomes of this keystone …

Dietary change in high-income nations alone can lead to substantial double climate dividend

Z Sun, L Scherer, A Tukker, SA Spawn-Lee… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
A dietary shift from animal-based foods to plant-based foods in high-income nations could
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from direct agricultural production and increase carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Unsustainable business models–Recognising and resolving institutionalised social and environmental harm

NMP Bocken, SW Short - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Academic and business interest in sustainable business models (SBMs) as a potential
solution to pressing global sustainability issues has grown significantly over the past …

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel and renewable diesel production in the United States

H Xu, L Ou, Y Li, TR Hawkins… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This study presents a life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biodiesel
(fatty acid methyl ester) and renewable diesel (RD, or hydroprocessed easters and fatty …

Novel technologies for emission reduction complement conservation agriculture to achieve negative emissions from row-crop production

DL Northrup, B Basso, MQ Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Because
agriculture's productivity is based on this process, a combination of technologies to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of preferential access to land and clean energy for Sustainable Aviation Fuels

S Becken, B Mackey, DS Lee - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Aviation is highly dependent on liquid fossil fuel, and the production of 'sustainable aviation
fuels'(SAF) is being proposed as a solution to removing the fossil carbon component …

Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production

M Khanna, L Chen, B Basso, X Cai, JL Field… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Technologies to deliver food and climate security through agriculture

P Horton, SP Long, P Smith, SA Banwart, DJ Beerling - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Agriculture is a major contributor to environmental degradation and climate change. At the
same time, a growing human population with changing dietary preferences is driving ever …