The law and policy of biofuels [electronic resource] / [edited by] Yves Le Bouthillier, Annette Cowie, Paul Martin, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray.
In the last twenty years the biofuels industry has developed rapidly in many regions of the world. This timely book provides an in-depth and critical study of the law and policies in many of the key biofuels producing countries, such as Brazil, China and the US, as well as the EU, and a number of ot...
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Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I Sustainability and biofuels
- 1. Environmental risks and opportunities of biofuels / Annette Cowie, Alan Cowie, Sampo Soimakallio and Miguel Brandáo
- 2. The roles of public and private governance in promoting sustainable bioenergy / Oskar Englund and Göran Berndes
- 3. Confronting the "unproductive" upland discourses in biofuels development in the Philippines / Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio
- Part II Critical review of regulatory regimes for biofuels
- 4. Biofuels' legal and political framework in Brazil : a critical review through a sustainable development lens / Priscila Pereira de Andrade
- 5. United States law and policy and the biofuel industry / Kristina S. Dahmann, Paul M. Smith and Lara B. Fowler
- 6. Lessons from US biofuels policy: the renewable fuels standard's rocky ride / Melissa Powers
- 7. The EU legal regime for biofuels / Anita Ronne and Birgitte Egelund Olsen
- 8. Belgian and French biofuel support measures in light of Argentina's challenge under the WTO subsidies agreement / Alexandre Genest
- 9. The current legal framework on biofuels in China / Lei Guo and Frank Maes
- 10. Biofuel policy in Columbia: strong fiscal incentives but weak environmental and social standards / Victor M. Tafur
- 11. Agro-fuel law and policy in East Africa: assessing avenues for sustainability / Robert Omondi Owino
- 12. Biofuels, GMOs and food security: the South African legal and policy framework / Odile J. Lim Tung
- Part III Biofuels governance and the roles of public and private actors
- 13. Unpacking the complexities of biofuels policy / Paul Martin and Elodie LeGal
- 14. Trends in government incentives for biofuels / Warren E. Mabee, Lauren D. Malo and Ashton R. Taylor
- 15. An industry perspective: government policies to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced biofuels in Canada / Marie-Hélène Labrie
- 16. Network of governance / Jeremy de Beer
- 17. Private regulation in the bioenergy sector / Maha Mansoor, Inge Stupak and Tat Smith.