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… Fargione, J. et al. (2008). Land clearing and the biofuel carbon debt. Science 319, 5867, pp. 1235-1238. The … fermentation of biomass and composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide. Biogas can be burnt to produce heat and/or … Banking Biodiversity offsets are commonly applied to offset any damage to biodiversity resulting from …

… In many European countries, subsidies to oil are often offset by special taxes and levies intended mainly to raise … by eliminating energy subsidies. In India, for instance, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be cut by around 100 … for reducing emissions by increasing subsidies to low carbon-intensive or carbon-free fuels or increasing taxation …

… the energy sector faces as it contemplates reduction of carbon dioxide emissions required under the Kyoto Protocol, … to avoid greenhouse gas emissions, or to sequester any carbon dioxide that may be emitted. EIA procedures also are … Ironically, to the extent past sulphur emissions have offset the radiative forcing from the major GHGs, the cooling …

… a loss of goods such as new trees, habitat, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and erosion control, the latter which … afforestation offers firewood production and would help in carbon sequestration. The challenge will be in balancing … installations on biodiversity. However given its very low carbon emissions and relatively low impact on ecosystem …