Tag: invasives
Biofuel Program could Invite Giant Grass Invasion
Biofuel Program could Invite Giant Grass Invasion – by John Upton, July 2013. Source: Grist Here’s another environmental incentive to ditch the car: That gas you buy at the pump could soon be helping towering invasive grasses wreak havoc on America’s ecosystems. The EPA recently approved the use of giant reed and napier grass as biofuel ingredients…
Report Predicts Bioenergy Crop Invasion
A new report released by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) details yet another in a long and growing list of ecological and economic threats from industrial-scale biomass energy: the risk of bioenergy crops becoming invasive species. Growing Risk: Addressing the Invasive Potential of Bioenergy Feedstocks discusses the negative impacts on the environment and the economy that are likely…
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