Can biofuels be a solution to climate change? The implications of land use change-related emissions for policy

Effects of US Maize Ethanol on Global Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Estimating Market-mediated Responses

(2010) Thomas W. Hertel et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Competitiveness of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol compared to US corn ethanol

(2010) Christine L. Crago et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels’ Indirect Land Use Change Are Uncertain but May Be Much Greater than Previously Estimated

(2010) Richard J. Plevin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Indirect Land Use Impacts of United States Biofuel Policies: The Importance of Acreage, Yield, and Bilateral Trade Responses

(2009) Roman Keeney et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Competition between biofuels: Modeling technological learning and cost reductions over time

(2009) Marc de Wit et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Proper accounting for time increases crop-based biofuels’ greenhouse gas deficit versus petroleum

(2009) M O’Hare et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Changes in soil organic carbon under biofuel crops

(2009) KRISTINA J. ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Ethanol

(2009) Adam J. Liska et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

More Productive Than Maize in the Midwest: How Does Miscanthus Do It?

(2009) F. G. Dohleman et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline

(2009) Jason Hill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important?

(2009) J. M. Melillo et al.   SCIENCE

Implications of Limiting CO2 Concentrations for Land Use and Energy

(2009) M. Wise et al.   SCIENCE

Beneficial Biofuels--The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

(2009) D. Tilman et al.   SCIENCE

Certification Schemes and the Impacts on Forests and Forestry

(2008) Graeme Auld et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Explaining the experience curve: Cost reductions of Brazilian ethanol from sugarcane

(2008) J.D. van den Wall Bake et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus

(2008) EMILY A. HEATON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change

(2008) T. Searchinger et al.   SCIENCE

Comparison of corn and switchgrass on marginal soils for bioenergy

(2007) G.E. Varvel et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY