#saf — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/videos/25786/ In Sudan, both sides ‘have taken the country to the dogs’: Kenya’s Ruto • FRANCE 24 English #Africa #Egypt #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #kenya #rsf #Ruto #SAF #sudan #William #WilliamRuto

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/16441/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht | Nachrichten aus aller Welt #Aboutengé #Adré #Brasilien #Bürgerkrieg #Chad #Darfur #Familie #Flüchtling #Hilfsorganisation #Kampf #KefaMayange #Konflikte #Krieg #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Strohmatte #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Zentralafrika

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/14893/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht #Aboutengé #Adré #Baby #Brasilien #Bürgerkrieg #Chad #Darfur #Flüchtlinge #Kampf #KefaMayange #Kind #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Schule #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Yeman #Zentralafrika

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Is #SAF or “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel really a #climate saviour? Or just a greedy #greenwashing lie about #palmoil #deforestation? 🤮🌴🔥 Cut through the BS with this article by Open Democracy #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2819531/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/6836/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht | Nachrichten Aktuell #Aboutengé #Adré #Bürgerkrieg #Brasilien #Chad #Darfur #Familie #Kampf #KefaMayange #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Strohmatte #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Zentralafrika

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?

Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is hailed as a solution to climate change, yet its rapid expansion comes at a cost. The push for bioethanol and biodiesel production is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. As Brazil positions itself as a leader in bioenergy, concerns grow over the environmental and social impacts of this industry, spotlighting the need for genuine solutions. 🌿 #Biofuel #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4Wildlife

The #biofuel boom in #Brazil made from #palmoil and #soy is touted as a #climate saviour. Yet in reality, biofuel #deforestation is causing #food insecurity, #indigenous land-grabbing and #ecocide #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025.

Brazil’s biofuel ‘revolution’

During a ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base in October, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared:

Brazil will lead the world’s energy revolution

This statement came as he signed the Fuel of the Future Law, a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the country’s bioenergy sector. Lula added:

Brazil will get a head start because you, the entrepreneurs, who have the capacity to produce, to research. Enacting this law demonstrates that none of us have the right to continue disbelieving that this country can be a large economy,” added Lula.

Lula announced a rise in ethanol blending with gasoline from 22% to 27%, with a target of 35% by 2030. Biodiesel blending, currently at 14%, will increase by one percentage point annually, aiming to reach 20% by March 2030.

Biofuel mandates have generated a relentless demand for crops, including sugarcane, corn, soybean, and palm oil.

Ethanol and biodiesel production in Brazil reached nearly 43bn litres in 2023, according to the 2024 Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, published by Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP).

Biofuels for energy independence

In Brazil, biofuels make up 25% of transportation fuels – a remarkably high share compared to other nations – and this proportion is still increasing. Bioethanol leads the biofuel sector, representing an average of 49% in terms of energy of the total gasoline and ethanol consumption.

Jorge Ernesto Rodriguez Morales, lecturer and researcher in environmental policy and climate change governance at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, spoke to the Canary. He mentioned:

Historically, Brazilian energy policy has achieved significant success, largely due to the development of the oil industry alongside biofuels and other energy sources. This diversification has enabled Brazil to rely less on energy imports from the global market, fostering a degree of energy independence and security critical for economic stability.

He added that:

By reducing dependence on external energy sources, Brazil’s economy is less vulnerable to external shocks, such as fluctuations in oil and gas prices. Sugarcane ethanol, in particular, has been pivotal in these developments, positioning bioenergy – a renewable energy form derived from recently living organic materials known as biomass – at the forefront of national strategies to combat climate change.

Green sheen

Although bioenergy has been promoted as a climate strategy, there is ongoing debate within the scientific community regarding the actual sustainability of biofuel production.

Some scientists argue that the production of biofuels is an energy-negative process that may lead to various socio-environmental consequences. These include rising food prices that threaten food security and the conversion of forestlands for biofuel cultivation. Some state that presenting bioenergy as a climate strategy has served as a justification for the industry’s expansion in Brazil and globally.

Morales explained that:

Despite its success, the biofuels industry in Brazil developed within broader developmental and territorial security goals, often placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities in an institutional environment that generally overlooked socio-environmental concerns. This unsustainable co-evolution of development pathways and bioenergy – marked by deforestation, land colonization, and agricultural expansion – has limited the adaptation space in agriculture. As a result, current climate policy is largely oriented toward path-dependent and potentially maladaptive strategies, such as relying on sugarcane ethanol for transportation.

A report by the Royal Society raises concerns about expanding biofuel production, highlighted issues such as the impact on food prices, the potential rise in greenhouse gas emissions due to direct and indirect land use changes (LUC) associated with biofuel feedstock production, and the risks of land, forest, water resource, and ecosystem degradation.

The Royal Society report recommends comprehensive auditing of biofuel supply chains as essential, along with enhancing transparency, data availability, and sharing. These elements are crucial for ensuring that the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuels is reliable and beneficial for policymaking.

Demand driving deforestation

The use of feedstocks like sugarcane, palm oil, corn, and soybean – predominant in Brazil – has sparked significant controversy, primarily due to competition with food production and concerns about converting agricultural land into fuel production. Rising demand for agricultural products poses a risk of increased deforestation and the use of land with high biodiversity value to satisfy this demand, along with related freshwater consumption.

The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) identifies soybean as one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. Trade interests appear to be the main barrier to removing soy biofuels from the Renewable Energy Directive, as Europe imports nearly 90% of its soy for biodiesel production from Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

Dr David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, asserted that there is insufficient land, water, and energy available for biofuel production. He also highlighted environmental issues associated with converting crops into biofuels, such as water pollution from fertilisers and pesticides, air pollution, soil erosion, and contributions to global warming.

Pimentel conducted calculations that accounted for all the inputs needed to produce ethanol, including machinery, seeds, labour, water, electricity, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, fuel, drying, and transportation. He found that producing one litre of fuel-grade ethanol (5,130 kcal) requires an energy input of 6,600 kcal, indicating that biofuel production is an energy-negative process.

‘Serious socio-economic impacts’

A report published in the Biofuel journal states that measuring greenhouse gas emissions linked to ethanol fuel should account for emissions at every stage, including production, processing, distribution, and vehicle use. This comprehensive assessment is known as the core well-to-wheels LCA emissions, along with any additional emissions resulting from LUC.

Morales discussed some of the impacts of implementing a climate policy that relies on biomass fuels. He told the Canary:

Current climate policy positions biomass-based fuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in the transport sector, with sugarcane ethanol as a flagship solution for greenhouse gas reduction in international climate negotiations. However, scaling up bioenergy production can have serious socio-environmental impacts.

He added that:

Like food production, ethanol requires land, water, and nutrients, meaning that a large-scale expansion could intensify the negative side effects of agricultural growth. These include significant socio-environmental challenges related to sustainable development goals, such as deforestation (SDG 15), CO2 emissions from land-use change (SDG 13), nitrogen losses (SDGs 13, 14, 15), unsustainable water withdrawals (SDG 14), and food security risks (SDG 2), among others.

Brazil biofuel policies

During Brazil’s colonial period (1500-1822), sugarcane plantations established the basis for political power through land monopoly and slavery. Policies were implemented to promote the economic interests of the agribusiness sector.

In response to the energy and sugar crisis of the 70s, Brazil launched a national ethanol program called “Pró-Álcool” in 1975. This initiative included tax breaks, subsidies, and lower financing costs to benefit the sugarcane industry, including producers, planters, distillers, and the automotive sector.

The “Pró-Álcool” policy led to significant repercussions, such as the exploitation of workers (bóias-frias) and environmental degradation, which the Brazilian government neglected out of concern that environmental regulations might hinder economic growth and development.

From 1992 to 2004, while Brazil’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 80%, the government defended its support for ethanol on environmental grounds, positioning bioenergy as a “sustainable energy source.” This approach framed bioenergy as part of a climate strategy, leading to its promotion at international levels to combat climate change.

Overlooking indirect land use changes

However, the socio-environmental impacts of bioenergy production were largely overlooked, including direct and indirect LUC, water and biodiversity loss, deforestation, fertiliser pollution, and soil erosion.

In 2017, the “Renovabio” initiative was launched as a new government program aimed at promoting the growth of the bioenergy sector, with an emphasis on various types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, biomethane, bioethanol, and biokerosene.

A report published in the Biofuels journal indicates that Brazil’s RenovaBio programme does not account for direct or indirect LUC in its emissions calculator, potentially leading to an overestimation of decarbonisation levels and encouraging biofuel production with greater environmental impacts. To ensure the program is environmentally effective and delivers appropriate signals to decision-makers, it is crucial to incorporate LUC parameters into the calculator.

Morales mentioned that:

Brazil’s ethanol diplomacy aims to portray the nation as climate-conscious, using biofuel as leverage in climate negotiations. Many countries have followed Brazil’s ‘successful’ example by integrating bioenergy into their climate policies, even though its social and environmental costs are widely acknowledged.

Biofuel Expansion

Raízen, formed from the merger of Cosan and Shell, along with BP Bunge, Atvos, São Martinho, Tereos, Lincoln Junqueira, Cofco, Coruipe, Adecoagro, Katzen, Millenium, Brasil BioFuels (BBF), and Agropalma, represent some of the leading bioenergy companies in Brazil.

In October, Katzen International, a prominent bioethanol company, announced the successful completion and launch of the INPASA Agroindustrial S/A bioethanol plant expansion project in Sinop, Mato Grosso. This expansion boosted the plant’s production capacity to 2.1bn litres per year, establishing it as the largest grain-based dry mill bioethanol facility in the world.

Corn ethanol production in Brazil is projected to reach 7.7 billion litres in 2024/25, representing a 20% increase compared to previous years.

The biofuel industry is making significant investments in the state of Pará. Governor Helder Barbalho has announced plans for a biofuel refinery to be established in the municipality of Redenção, located in the southeastern part of the state. A collaboration between the Mafra Group and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which together comprise Grão Pará Bioenergia, will contribute over $350 million to this project.

Barbalho said that:

These are the agendas that will be challenging for us: the forest agenda, the energy production agenda. These are different agendas in which each one of them can present their solutions.

Alongside the refinery, a fattening service for cattle will be provided to partner ranchers, allowing them to use the refinery’s facilities for confining their animals. The primary feedstock for cattle confinement will be Dried Distillers Grain (DDG), a by-product of corn ethanol production.

Fueling conflicts

A report by NGO Imazon revealed that Pará accounted for 57% of the degraded forest areas in the Amazon. Forest degradation surged from 196 km² in September 2023 to 11,558 km² in the same month this year – nearly a 60-fold increase.

The state of Pará, which will host COP30, is marked by conflicts, including those related to the palm oil industry. Palm plantations in Pará cover an area that was once rainforest, approximately 226,834 hectares, nearly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg.

An investigation by the NGO Global Witness revealed that two major Brazilian palm oil companies, Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels (BBF), were implicated in conflicts with local communities in the state of Pará. BBF faced allegations of environmental crimes and violent efforts to suppress indigenous and traditional communities. Meanwhile, Agropalma was associated with community evictions and land grabbing.

A study by scientists Lucas Ferrante and Philip Fearnside revealed that biofuel companies, such as Millenium Bioenergia, are establishing a production chain for biofuels and food products derived from monocultures on Amazonian Indigenous lands and within other traditional communities.

Millenium announced plans to “partner” with Indigenous and traditional communities, proposing unpaid labour to produce corn, fish, chickens, pigs, and confined cattle. This approach not only infringes on human rights but also poses a risk of triggering new pandemics due to zoonotic leaps linked to environmental degradation.

Biofuels an exercise in greenwashing Brazil’s climate policy

Brazil must expand biofuel production to meet growing demand, which will increase logistical pressures nationwide. Critical to this expansion are infrastructure projects, such as the construction of highways like the Amazon’s BR-319, connecting Manaus to Porto Velho, and the Ferrogrão railway project, linking Sinop in Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, situated across the Tapajós River from Itaituba in Pará. These developments are likely to cause irreversible environmental degradation and adversely affect numerous indigenous and traditional communities in these areas.

Morales highlighted the Brazilian government’s position and priorities concerning the expansion of biofuel production:

In foreign environmental policy, the Brazilian government has historically been reluctant to prioritise environmental protection over economic growth, often attributing major environmental issues to developed countries. Although various administrations have made efforts to address environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change, these issues remain secondary concerns, frequently viewed as obstacles to short-term political and economic goals.

He added:

Positioning bioenergy as a climate strategy has effectively justified broader policies supporting the biofuel industry and contributed to the greenwashing of Brazil’s climate policy on the international stage. Several countries have mirrored Brazil’s approach, adopting bioenergy into their climate agendas in response.

Featured image via the Canary

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

ENDS

Read more about deforestation and ecocide in the palm oil industry

Santa Catarina’s Guinea Pig Cavia intermedia

Santa Catarina’s Guinea Pig are enchanting critically endangered rodents under threat from climate change. Advocate for climate action now! #Boycott4Wildlife

Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus

Keel-billed Toucans have dazzling rainbow-coloured bills and are iconic to South America. Threats include hunting, palm oil and meat deforestation. Take action!

Asian Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus

Asian Small-clawed Otters are the world’s smallest otter species and are Vulnerable from palm oil tea and coffee deforestation. Protect them, boycott palm oil!

Tapanuli Orangutan Faces Extinction From Forest Protection Rollback

Save the Tapanuli orangutan! The rarest ape in the world faces extinction after floods, cyclones and now rezoning of their habitat in Sumatra #BoycottPalmOil!

Marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found in West Papua

Two stunning marsupials thought extinct for 6000 years rediscovered in West Papua. Calls for rainforest protection even more urgent!

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.

Take Action in Five Ways

1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• WordPress
• YouTube
• Mail
• Mastodon

Enter your email address

Sign Up

2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.

Wildlife Artist Juanchi Pérez

Mel Lumby: Dedicated Devotee to Borneo’s Living Beings

Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao

Health Physician Dr Evan Allen

The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert

How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy

3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.

https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20

4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.

5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2809276/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

https://www.walknews.com/1256653/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #EuropeNews #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #ヨーロッパニュース #欧州

O que está acontecendo com o Botafogo? Ainda dá para tocar clubes em modelo SAF?

https://www.meurefugionerd.com/2026/04/o-que-esta-acontecendo-com-o-botafogo.html

#Botafogo #SAF #SAFdoBotafogo #BFR #futebol #BotafogodeFuteboleRegatas #Textor #amadorismo

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafemunicipalairport #airport #santafe #usa #ksaf #saf #aviation #avgeek vl

After discovering #TiddlyWiki from @jbaty, I went ahead to give #FeatherWiki (lightweight TW fork) a spin as a personal #braindump bin. I really like how it’s just a HTML file at 58kb!

Using #Android, it failed due to Android Storage Access Framework (#SAF) limitations. I ended using the amazing #Termux once again to run #Busybox #httpd, automate the whole process of opening, serving & saving back to my…

Full note: https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0325-165827
Syndicated by #Indiekit

#syncthing #bash #wiki #FOSS

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2795559/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2794112/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2789691/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

Bristol Airport study finds SMRs could supply sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen for region

A feasibility study has concluded that small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) could be used to produce large volumes…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #BristolAirport #Britain #Equilibrion #Exolum #GreatBritain #Hydrogen #Q8Aviation #saf #smallmodularreactors #SMRs #SustainableAviationFuel
https://www.europesays.com/uk/815032/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/815032/ Bristol Airport study finds SMRs could supply sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen for region #Bristol #BristolAirport #Britain #England #Equilibrion #Exolum #GreatBritain #Hydrogen #Q8Aviation #saf #SmallModularReactors #SMRs #SustainableAviationFuel #UK #UnitedKingdom

Denmark launches first domestic flight using sustainable aviation fuel https://www.byteseu.com/1856242/ #AviationEmissions #AviationFuel #BreakingNews #BusinessNews #Denmark #DenmarkSAFFlight #DomesticSAFFlight #GreenAviation #GreenAviationFuel #IndiaNews #LatestNews #LiveNews #News #NewsHeadlines #SAF #SAFAviationRoute #SAFBoost #SAFFuel #SAFProduction #SustainableAviation #SustainableAviationFuel #TodayNews #TopNews #TopStories

Denmark launches first domestic flight using sustainable aviation fuel

Denmark has taken a…
#Denmark #Danmark #DK #Europe #Europa #EU #AviationEmissions #AviationFuel #breakingnews #businessnews #denmark #DenmarkSAFFlight #DomesticSAFFlight #greenaviation #GreenAviationFuel #indianews #latestnews #livenews #News #NewsHeadlines #saf #SAFAviationRoute #SAFboost #SAFFuel #SAFproduction #SustainableAviation #sustainableaviationfuel #todaynews #topnews #TopStories
https://www.europesays.com/2830412/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/34902/ Denmark launches first domestic flight using sustainable aviation fuel #AviationEmissions #AviationFuel #BreakingNews #BusinessNews #Danmark #Denmark #DenmarkSAFFlight #DomesticSAFFlight #GreenAviation #GreenAviationFuel #IndiaNews #LatestNews #LiveNews #news #NewsHeadlines #SAF #SAFAviationRoute #SAFBoost #SAFFuel #SAFProduction #SustainableAviation #SustainableAviationFuel #TodayNews #TOPNews #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/africa/116128/ Kenya Airways makes history with half sustainable fuel intra-Africa flight #AfricaGreenFlight #AviationCarbonReduction #AviationFuel #BreakingNews #BusinessNews #GreenAviation #IndiaNews #IntraAfricaFlight #Kenya #KenyaAirways #KenyaAirwaysSAF #LatestNews #LiveNews #news #NewsHeadlines #SAF #SAFBoost #SAFFlight #SAFProduction #SustainableAviation #SustainableAviationFuel #TodayNews #TopNews #TopStories

So-called ‘Net Zero’ Flights Flush Rainforest Carbon Into the Sky

Virgin Atlantic airlines now uses ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ – a technology it claims will result in ‘Net Zero’ flights. However experts and researchers have lambasted this #aviation and #palmoil industry promotion as #greenwashing. They cite problematic evidence that using Sustainable Aviation Fuel or #SAF in #airlinefuel will undermine goals of keeping climate warming below 1.5°. In the meantime, despite the greenwash and industry spin, SAF is poised to flush gigatonnes of #rainforest #carbon into the sky exacerbating #climatechange. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

Is #SAF or “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel really a #climate saviour? Or just a greedy #greenwashing lie about #palmoil #deforestation? 🤮🌴🔥 Cut through the BS with this article by Open Democracy #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg

Written by Ben Webster for Open Democracy, read original article. Republished under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

Virgin Atlantic and the UK government have been accused of misleading the public over what they claim will be “the world’s first net zero transatlantic flight” ahead of next week’s COP28 summit.

The Department for Transport said the flight, scheduled for Tuesday, was “ushering in a new era of guilt-free flying” because it will run entirely on so-called “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF).

But openDemocracy revealed concerns earlier this year that SAF production in the UK may be linked to deforestation.

“There are some incredible double standards at play here,” said Matt Finch, UK policy manager of green campaign group Transport & Environment.

The SAF market in the UK is largely dependent on used cooking oil from Asia – where sellers are suspected of passing off unused palm oil as waste in order to attract lucrative credits. This is a particular problem for the environment, as producing palm oil drives deforestation.

Virgin last year bought more than 600,000 litres of “used” cooking oil from China and Indonesia to turn into SAF and mix with regular fuel for routine flights. Although it says the raw material for next week’s flight from London to New York will come purely from Europe and the US, the airline admitted it was still buying “feedstocks” from Asia for further SAF production this year.

“Some British airlines are – right now – greenwashing themselves by using used cooking oil made from Asian feedstocks,” said Finch.

“If airlines were genuinely trying to be sustainable, they would stop right now because of the huge risk of rogue palm oil getting into the SAF supply chain.”

https://youtu.be/1Ly5kJcsFhc?si=Q4ejK3-8KA0lwD8R

Green Lie of “Sustainable” Aviation Biofuel

“Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a biofuel alternative to using fossil fuels for powering planes and cars. SAF is being aggressively marketed by multiple industries as a greener alternative to burning fossil fuels in cars and airplanes.

However, SAF is produced from food crops such as rapeseed, palm oil, soy and sugar cane. This…

Net zero target

The aviation industry claims that SAF – which is almost all made from either biofuel crops or waste – could deliver around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed for airlines to reach net zero in 2050.

Under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), the government allows used cooking oil to be used to make the fuel. It currently accounts for the vast majority of SAF declared in the UK, most of which comes from Asia.

In 2024 alone, British airlines have bought more than 26 million litres of used Asian cooking oil – including 18 million litres from Malaysia, five million from China and two million from Indonesia.

Only about 15% of the used cooking oil purchased by airlines in 2023 has come from European sources, mainly the UK and the Netherlands.

Investigations suggest there is a high risk of fraud in the supply of biofuel from Asia, with particular concern over virgin palm oil being passed off as used cooking oil.

Labelling virgin palm oil as used makes it more valuable, partly because waste products earn double credits under the UK government’s rules for sustainable fuels.

Even genuine used cooking oil can indirectly cause deforestation because countries export waste oil they would otherwise have used domestically, and instead use virgin palm oil to meet their own local demand, according to T&E.

The campaign group says used cooking oil from Asia would be more effective at cutting emissions if it were used to replace diesel in road vehicles in the countries where it was produced – rather than being shipped across the world to be refined, using additional energy, into jet fuel.

The Royal Society, which represents the UK’s leading scientists, has also warned that an area at least half the size of the UK would be needed to grow enough biofuel crops to meet existing aviation demand in the UK alone. Increased levels of recycling are also likely to mean less waste material is available for making the fuel.

Green fuel mandate

Commercial jet engines are currently allowed to burn a maximum of 50% SAF, which is blended with traditional kerosene jet fuel. But next week’s demonstration flight is expected to show that it is safe to use 100% SAF. It is being funded with a government grant of up to £1m.

It comes only weeks before the government is due to announce details about the so-called “SAF mandate”, which will require at least 10% of jet fuel in the UK to come from “sustainable sources” by 2030.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is planning to cap the amount of used cooking oil and animal fat that airlines can use to meet this obligation, because demand could divert the products away from efforts to decarbonise road transport.

The cap, though, could be as high as 250 million litres a year of waste fats and oils.

Finch of T&E said: “The SAF mandate will be the biggest environmental regulation applied to UK aviation ever, and the government has a choice to make: should it carry on allowing SAF to be made from feedstocks that have dubious environmental benefits, or should it ensure that the sustainability criteria it sets genuinely achieve carbon reductions? Used cooking oil should be banned from UK planes.”

‘Undermining’ climate goals

Virgin and other UK airlines say their SAF has been certified by International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), a scheme governed by a board that includes an executive from Air BP – one of Virgin’s SAF suppliers.

ISCC has nonetheless taken some action over SAF mis-selling. It launched an investigation this year into “potentially fraudulent behaviour” involving biodiesel that had been declared as waste from Indonesia or Malaysia and then exported from China to Europe.

It also suspended the sustainability certification of three Chinese biofuel exporters and last month pledged to clamp down on fraud by implementing “a traceability database by the end of the year”.

A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson told openDemocracy: “With all SAF purchases, we require suppliers to comply with applicable sustainability standards. In respect of HEFA (Hydrogenated Esters and Fatty Acids) SAF, we ask suppliers to ensure that feedstocks do not contain palm oil or its derivatives.

“SAF is an emerging industry and we source feedstocks from regions around the world and ask that suppliers undertake robust due diligence to ensure there is no palm oil or derivatives.”

However, the Aviation Environment Federation says the aviation industry’s enthusiasm for SAF is obscuring the urgent need for genuinely sustainable solutions to aviation emissions, including development of zero emission aircraft and an overall reduction in flying.

Even if every drop of used cooking oil available globally were refined into jet fuel, there would only be enough to power about one in every 40 flights, according to estimates by sustainable fuel consultancy Cerulogy.

The aviation industry says it is developing alternative sources of sustainable aviation fuel, including “non-edible industrial corn”, “forestry residues” and household waste.

But a study in August by Manchester Metropolitan University challenged the industry’s claims that sustainable aviation fuel can drastically cut emissions.

It said: “The scaling up of SAF to not only maintain but grow global aviation is problematic as it competes for land needed for nature-based carbon removal, clean energy that could more effectively decarbonise other sectors, and captured CO2 to be stored permanently. As such, SAF production undermines global goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C.”

Cait Hewitt, policy director of the Aviation Environment Federation, said one flight using 100% SAF “will make no difference to the fact that only 2.6% of UK aviation fuel is anything other than kerosene. And globally, the figure is more like 0.1%.”

She said the industry and DfT were wrong to suggest that waste-based SAF could be scaled up sustainably.

“It’s a nice idea to make fuel out of rubbish, which is what the UK government and others are pushing for, but producing more rubbish to turn into plane fuel is pretty obviously not a sustainable long-term option.”

She also said it was misleading to claim, as the DfT has, that SAF cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 70%.

“Even using 100% SAF, as with the forthcoming Virgin Atlantic flight, reduces tailpipe emissions by 0% compared with using kerosene. Any CO2 savings will be net savings, just as with carbon offsets.”

She said the flight would not achieve any net CO2 savings unless Virgin and the DfT could demonstrate that more carbon had been captured than would have happened anyway.

A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “Our sustainable aviation fuel programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world.

“We require that the fuel used [for the 100% SAF flight] must meet the specified sustainability criteria. However, it is for the operator and their fuel suppliers to determine the exact nature of the fuel within these parameters. Fuel suppliers are subject to independently verified checks to confirm the authenticity of their materials.”

Written by Ben Webster for Open Democracy, read original article. Republished under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

ENDS

Read more about deforestation and air pollution, climate change and palm oil deforestation

Forest Protection Equals Climate Protection

Forests offer climate protection and safeguard indigenous peoples, endangered animals and rare plants. Deforestation is a major threat. Boycott palm oil!

World’s Wealthiest Drive Two Thirds of Global Warming Since 1990

Wealthiest people in USA and China responsible for 2/3 of global warming since 1990. Climate policies needed to target the richest people on the planet now!

Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

Mountain Tapirs are the most threatened large mammals of the northern Andes, hunting, climate change and mining are threats, take action and boycott gold!

Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

Saolas are rare and considered Southeast Asia’s ‘unicorns’, this Critically Endangered antelope is facing imminent extinction due to hunting and deforestation

Frill-Necked Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii

Frill-necked lizard AKA frilled dragons are endangered in southern Papua New Guinea and Indonesian-occupied West Papua due to palm oil ecocide, take action!

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.

Take Action in Five Ways

1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• WordPress
• YouTube
• Mail
• Mastodon

Enter your email address

Sign Up

2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.

Wildlife Artist Juanchi Pérez

Mel Lumby: Dedicated Devotee to Borneo’s Living Beings

Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao

Health Physician Dr Evan Allen

The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert

How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy

3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.

https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20

4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.

5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2778531/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

- Meanwhile #Iran continues to make headway, not only in the #Sahel, but in #Sudan (where it supports the #SAF in the current civil #war) and #SouthAfrica. #Somaliland s neighbour #Djibouti had reestablished relations with Iran in 2023, days before the #Hamas raid.

- Despite #US threats of #war, massive uprising at home and #Israel taking a keener interest in the continent, #Africa is set to remain a major strategic priority for Iran.

The fates of the #SAF and #Eritrea are intertwined. Eritrea hosts training camps for SAF-allied militias, now protected by Sudanese aircraft. This naturally risks a further regionalization, not only of the #CivilWar in #Sudan, but also of any future #Ethiopia Eritrea #war, which threat is ever more potent. All the more since the #RSF allege Tigrayan forces (#TPLF) are fighting alongside the SAF since 2024.

#Tigray

#Sudan and #Turkey can also be considered to be fully aligned, and their relations are blooming in all sectors. This has been exemplified symbolically by the twinning of Port-Sudan and Mersin (December). At the political level, a Turkish mediation effort between the #UAE and the #SAF had also been welcome by Burhan (January). Turkish drones and other war material has been essential to the SAF ’s #war effort. The Turkish defence industry has also engaged the #RSF, however.

Time works in favour of the #SAF: A summary of 2025

On the #peace front, nothing happened of significance. Prospective mediators such as #Algeria or #Somalia are ignored. #Kenya ’s efforts only draw SAF’s ire. Current mediators are taking sides and lose credibility. Not that any of these processes, whether under #AU #IGAD auspices, through the Quad or at Jeddah, held any hope to begin with. Peace negotiations in #Sudan didn’t collapse — they never even happened.

La #decarbonizzazione dell’#aviazione passa necessariamente dai carburanti sostenibili #saf #inquinamento #mobilitàsostenibile #greenplanner

https://www.greenplanner.it/2026/02/13/saf-e-fuel-decarbonizzazione-aviazione/

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafemunicipalairport #airport #santafe #usa #ksaf #saf #aviation #avgeek vl

Media be like: "Jumbo jet is the worst in human history." "Even jumbo jets, which are sophisticated technology, are a failure." Lol. I think it's more accurate to say that world aviation is aware of the need to be more efficient.

#Aviation #SustainableAviation #GreenTech #ClimateAction #AirTravel #Efficiency #SAF #SustainableAviationFuels #AviationInnovation #NetZero #EcoFriendlyTravel #FutureOfFlight #AviationTech #EnvironmentalImpact #SmartAviation #AirlineIndustry #ClimateSolutions

Media be like: "Jumbo jet is the worst in human history." "Even jumbo jets, which are sophisticated technology, are a failure." Lol. I think it's more accurate to say that world aviation is aware of the need to be more efficient.

#Aviation #SustainableAviation #GreenTech #ClimateAction #AirTravel #Efficiency #SAF #SustainableAviationFuels #AviationInnovation #NetZero #EcoFriendlyTravel #FutureOfFlight #AviationTech #EnvironmentalImpact #SmartAviation #AirlineIndustry #ClimateSolutions

Media be like: "Jumbo jet is the worst in human history." "Even jumbo jets, which are sophisticated technology, are a failure." Lol. I think it's more accurate to say that world aviation is aware of the need to be more efficient.

#Aviation #SustainableAviation #GreenTech #ClimateAction #AirTravel #Efficiency #SAF #SustainableAviationFuels #AviationInnovation #NetZero #EcoFriendlyTravel #FutureOfFlight #AviationTech #EnvironmentalImpact #SmartAviation #AirlineIndustry #ClimateSolutions

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafemunicipalairport #airport #santafe #usa #ksaf #saf #aviation #avgeek vl

Dans la guerre civile au Soudan, Asmara reste la meilleure amie de Khartoum
https://investigaction.net/dans-la-guerre-civile-au-soudan-asmara-reste-la-meilleure-amie-de-khartoum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dans-la-guerre-civile-au-soudan-asmara-reste-la-meilleure-amie-de-khartoum
Dans la Corne de l'Afrique, où les tensions s'intensifient de toutes parts, la visite à Asmara du Premier ministre soudanais Kamil Idris a été perçue comme un signe positif pour […]
#Politique #Afrique #NordSud #Erythrée #IsaiasAfwerki #KamilIdris #Rsf #Saf #Soudan

Santa Fe Municipal Airport - Santa Fe, United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Regional_Airport
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/35.617100/-106.088997

#KSAF #SAF #SantaFe #UnitedStates #airport #aviation #avgeeks #GIS

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafe #usa #santafemunicipalairport #ksaf #saf #airport #aviation #avgeek vl

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafe #usa #santafemunicipalairport #ksaf #saf #airport #aviation #avgeek vii3

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafe #usa #santafemunicipalairport #ksaf #saf #airport #aviation #avgeek vl

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafe #usa #santafemunicipalairport #ksaf #saf #airport #aviation #avgeek vl

Santa Fe Municipal Airport - Santa Fe, United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Regional_Airport
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/35.617100/-106.088997

#KSAF #SAF #SantaFe #UnitedStates #airport #aviation #avgeeks #GIS

How many runways can you see for Santa Fe Municipal airport (USA) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/ksaf/en #santafe #usa #santafemunicipalairport #ksaf #saf #airport #aviation #avgeek vl

War is coming again to #SouthSudan, and the war in #Sudan already has a direct bearing on it.

It may have been one of the triggers, but one can also expect Kiir to align more closely with the #RSF, and Machar's #SPLM-IO to seek closer ties with Burhan's #SAF.

War is coming again to #SouthSudan, and the war in #Sudan already has a direct bearing on it.

It may have been one of the triggers, but one can also expect Kiir to align more closely with the #RSF, and Machar's #SPLM-IO to seek closer ties with Burhan's #SAF.

@tinoeberl 2028... Ich glaube nicht ganz daran, wenn ich bedenke, wie lange #Airbus oder #Boeing brauchen um ein komplett neues Flugzeug zu entwickeln. Hinzukommen komplett neue Triebwerke. Die #easa und #faa werden auch Neuland bei der Zulassung betreten. Besser spät als nie, wenn ich bedenke, dass es bereits Ende der 90er schon Konzepte gab, die genauso aussahen...eher 2035.
In der Zeit dazwischen werden (Unmengen an) #saf / #efuel benötigt (und bitte nicht im Straßenverkehr)