BIO: Michigan State University and Phillips Academy Andover Study Finds Biofuels Carbon Footprint Can Be Reduced

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Date Posted: January 15, 2009
BIO: Michigan State University and Phillips Academy Andover Study Finds Biofuels Carbon Footprint Can Be Reduced Nearly to Zero Through Best Ag Prcatices Like No-Till

Washington—A newly published study shows that effective land management practices can reduce the so called carbon debt attributed to biofuels to near zero.

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with growing agricultural feedstocks for biofuels can be greatly reduced using available crop management techniques, such as no-till agriculture, according to the new study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology by Bruce Dale and Seungdo Kim of Michigan State University and Hyungtae Kim of Phillips Academy Andover.

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