Liz Marshall

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Rules for Fuels: Biofuels and Climate Change Impacts
by Liz Marshall - June 18, 2009
As biofuel production ramps up, counting all the associated greenhouse gas impacts is critical to good energy and climate policy.

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The Time Value of Carbon and Carbon Storage
Clarifying the terms and the policy implications of the debate
This working paper explores the value of temporary carbon storage, as well as the implications of those temporary storage values for several critical policy design questions relating to greenhouse gas accounting and biological offsets.

by Liz Marshall and Alexia Kelly - November 2010

publication
Topics: Climate, Forests
Fields of Fuel
Market and Environmental Implications of Switching to Grass for U.S. Transport
This study examines the impacts of increased commercial switchgrass production on U.S. agricultural land-use patterns, commodity prices, and the environmental impacts of cropping systems in the agricultural sector.

by Liz Marshall and Zachary Sugg - April 2010

publication
Topics: Climate, Energy
Biofuels and the Time Value of Carbon
Recommendations for GHG Accounting Protocols
by Liz Marshall - March 2009

publication
Topics: Energy, Food
Corn Stover For Ethanol Production
Potential and Pitfalls
This study uses a national agro-environmental production model to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of introducing a market for corn stover to support a stover-based ethanol industry.

by Liz Marshall and Zachary Sugg - January 2009

publication
Topics: Climate, Energy
Geography: United States
Finding Balance
Agricultural Residues, Ethanol, and the Environment
This analysis explores the implications of corn stover harvest for soil carbon loss, nutrient (nitrogen) pollution, and erosion, as well as the potential to mitigate those impacts using available agricultural best management practices (BMPs) such as reduced tillage intensity and integration of...
by Liz Marshall and Zachary Sugg - December 2008

publication
Topics: Food
Geography: United States
Thirst for Corn
What 2007 Plantings Could Mean for the Environment
Now that legislation in the U.S. has jump-started the ethanol industry, priority should be directed less at the expansion of the industry and more at an evolution that offers the most benefits for the environment and energy security.

by Liz Marshall - June 2007

publication
Topics: Energy
Beyond the RFS
The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Increased Grain Ethanol Production in the U.S.
Can we increase grain ethanol production without risk to soil and water resources?

by Liz Marshall and Suzie Greenhalgh - September 2006

publication
Topics: Energy
Geography: United States

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Rules for Fuels: Biofuels and Climate Change Impacts

The Time Value of Carbon and Carbon Storage

Clarifying the terms and the policy implications of the debate

Fields of Fuel

Market and Environmental Implications of Switching to Grass for U.S. Transport

Biofuels and the Time Value of Carbon

Recommendations for GHG Accounting Protocols

Corn Stover For Ethanol Production

Potential and Pitfalls

Finding Balance

Agricultural Residues, Ethanol, and the Environment

Thirst for Corn

What 2007 Plantings Could Mean for the Environment

Beyond the RFS

The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Increased Grain Ethanol Production in the U.S.

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Clarifying the terms and the policy implications of the debate

Market and Environmental Implications of Switching to Grass for U.S. Transport

Recommendations for GHG Accounting Protocols

Potential and Pitfalls

Agricultural Residues, Ethanol, and the Environment

What 2007 Plantings Could Mean for the Environment

The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Increased Grain Ethanol Production in the U.S.

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