Biofuels: Network analysis of the literature reveals key environmental and economic unknowns

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1309-1315

  Ridley, Caroline E ^a   Clark, Christopher M ^a   Leduc, Stephen D ^a   Bierwagen, Britta G ^a   Lin, Brenda B ^a   Mehl, Adrea ^b   Tobias, David A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; FUEL PRODUCTION; HUMAN HEALTH; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RAPID GROWTH; RESEARCH TOPICS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OIL PRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRADE-OFF;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 84856707049     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2023253     Document Type: Review

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