Cheney memoir recalls brouhaha over US energy policy; A sign of things to come? 
Most of the publicity surrounding former US Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir “In My Life” (Threshold Editions) has centered on the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. While this is quite understandable, among the aspects of the book that has been largely overlooked as a result is what he has to say about US energy policy. | Increase in renewables and energy efficiency, not offsetting growth in demand for fossil fuels
According to figures published this month in the report "Long-term trend in global carbon dioxide emissions", prepared by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, there has been a steep increase in emissions despite reductions by industrialised countries with binding Kyoto targets. | Biofuels EEA criticises bioenergy emissions calculations in Europe Criticisms of biofuels are “self-serving” says the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Asian governments encouraged to embrace aviation bio-fuel development Biofuels spending close to $50 billion in 2011 Biogas Scotland
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