US News
Farm bill attracts criticism at WTO talks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080526/pl_nm/trade_wto_farm_usa_dc_2;_ylt=AuN4X4xLE9u.9uSDeLKmt6QE1vAI
U.S. Military Launches Alternative-Fuel Push
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121134017363909773-lMyQjAxMDI4MTIxMTMyNDEwWj.html
Corn-ethanol not the ‘answer’ to energy needs
http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=452&ArticleID=159545&TM=32672.43
ISU economist says corn farmers getting "bad rap"
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=17A0EFCE-9E12-7F93-0A22532DD717A77A
Supply-demand imbalance boosts oil prices
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/26/BUHH10S61B.DTL
Cost of oil only start of what's behind price of gasoline
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5799891.html
Fledgling U.S. biodiesel industry facing tough times
http://es.quote.com/news/story.action?id=KNS146g4196
National Biodiesel Board: Don't Give Up on Energy Independence
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/National_Biodiesel_Board__Don_t_Give_Up_on_Energy_Independence-57674.html
Palm Coast wary of ethanol plant
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Flagler/flaFLAG11HEAD02052608.htm
Sugar may be stirred into the ethanol mix (Imperial Sugar looking to build a large plant)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5799692.html
Nation’s largest biodiesel facility commences production
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/26/greenhunter-stars-production-at-105-mgy-biodiesel-plant-nations-largest/
Monroe (MO) City ethanol plant update (Ed. - Cancelled due to feedstock costs)
http://www.khqa.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=138715
Hopewell on verge of ethanol facility (Ed. – Company wants to build 4 facilities in the southeast, starting in VA)
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-05-25-0230.html
International News
WWF urges Brazil biofuel projects (Ed. – Their report says ethanol production is not having a significant impact on food production, and that it is not contributing to deforestation in the Amazon.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7420770.stm
Oil price mocks fuel realities
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE24Dj02.html
Ethanol boom brings change to Brazil cane growers
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN26342117
Sweden announces “verified sustainable” ethanolhttp://www.canadiandriver.com/thenews/2008/05/26/sweden-announces-“verified-sustainable”-ethanol.htm
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
News and Notes - May 23, 2008
US News
Problems with Congress override of farm bill (Ed: Title III, dealing with trade and food aid was the part left out of the package sent to the White House. The debate now is whether or not the remainder of the bill will go into effect or if the whole thing will need to be resubmitted.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html
and http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amLpoRc81U8Y&refer=home
Release from oil reserve rejected
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5797594.html
Sen. Lugar Op-Ed: Energy & Food Security Both Necesssary
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143223
BlueFire sees big cellulosic growth in five years
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infoId=17996
Ethanol and Food Prices - Preliminary Assessment
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ageconfacpub/49/
Baylor Awarded $492,000 to Study Ways to Make Ethanol Cheaper to Produce
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=51031
General Motors, Discovery Communications Form Media Partnership on First-Ever 24/7 'Green' Network, Planet Green
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/general-motors-corporate/0040621-general-motors-discovery-communications-form-media-partnership-firs
Ethanol group responds to criticism with statewide radio campaign
http://www.madison.com/tct/news//287767
UT research into cheap fuel breakthrough (Univ. of Toledo)
http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=136169
BIO analyzes farm bill provisions for advanced biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1651
International News
Evidence that Ethanol Works (Brazil)
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/22/evidence-that-ethanol-works/
UN climate chief says biofuels necessary in future
http://www.pr-inside.com/un-climate-chief-says-biofuels-necessary-r604112.htm
Husky turns to corn at Minnedosa ethanol plant (due to rising wheat costs)
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/story/4176483p-4765242c.html
Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13960-huge-hidden-biomass-lives-deep-beneath-the-oceans.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Canadian biofuels help economy, don't have negative impact on food prices
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/article/303172
UN rights council targets trade, biofuels in food crisis debatehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/sc_afp/unrightsinflationfoodpoverty_080522164949
Problems with Congress override of farm bill (Ed: Title III, dealing with trade and food aid was the part left out of the package sent to the White House. The debate now is whether or not the remainder of the bill will go into effect or if the whole thing will need to be resubmitted.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html
and http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amLpoRc81U8Y&refer=home
Release from oil reserve rejected
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5797594.html
Sen. Lugar Op-Ed: Energy & Food Security Both Necesssary
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143223
BlueFire sees big cellulosic growth in five years
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infoId=17996
Ethanol and Food Prices - Preliminary Assessment
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ageconfacpub/49/
Baylor Awarded $492,000 to Study Ways to Make Ethanol Cheaper to Produce
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=51031
General Motors, Discovery Communications Form Media Partnership on First-Ever 24/7 'Green' Network, Planet Green
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/general-motors-corporate/0040621-general-motors-discovery-communications-form-media-partnership-firs
Ethanol group responds to criticism with statewide radio campaign
http://www.madison.com/tct/news//287767
UT research into cheap fuel breakthrough (Univ. of Toledo)
http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=136169
BIO analyzes farm bill provisions for advanced biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1651
International News
Evidence that Ethanol Works (Brazil)
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/22/evidence-that-ethanol-works/
UN climate chief says biofuels necessary in future
http://www.pr-inside.com/un-climate-chief-says-biofuels-necessary-r604112.htm
Husky turns to corn at Minnedosa ethanol plant (due to rising wheat costs)
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/story/4176483p-4765242c.html
Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13960-huge-hidden-biomass-lives-deep-beneath-the-oceans.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Canadian biofuels help economy, don't have negative impact on food prices
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/article/303172
UN rights council targets trade, biofuels in food crisis debatehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/sc_afp/unrightsinflationfoodpoverty_080522164949
Thursday, May 22, 2008
News and Notes - May 22, 2008
US News
House Overrides Veto of Farm Bill: Glitch May Force Repeat of the Process (Ed: Apparently the House Clerk left off a section of the Farm Bill when it was sent to the President, so they will likely have to start the whole process over again. Since he did not see the whole bill, the veto apparently does not count.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101313.html?hpid=topnews
and http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/bush.farmbill.ap/index.html
Crude sets new mark above $135
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/markets/oil.ap/index.htm
Global pulpwood prices reached new records in 1Q 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=2602
Clearing the Air: Outdoor Wood Boilers Face Regulation
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=2584
Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies
http://www.suntimes.com/business/964699,CST-FIN-ethanol22.article
Sununu backs freeze on corn ethanol
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Sununu+backs+freeze++on+corn+ethanol&articleId=01e39d26-5872-49ab-9ecb-2076f7f5541e
Switchgrass varieties currently on trial at four locations in California
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-varieties-0521/
Riding the rails
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4143
The Genetics of Ethanol Production
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4147
1 more biodiesel plant up, running: Annual capacity 10 million gallons at state’s 3rd site (Arkansas)
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/may/22/1-more-biodiesel-plant-running-20080522/?subscriber/national
Corn grown for ethanol feeds feud over food: Detroit automakers may have to shift focus as voices rise against biofuel
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS01/805220385/1002/BUSINESS
Skyrocketing Oil Prices Stump Experts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100386.html?hpid=topnews
And in a true, but humorous story…..
Molson Coors will fuel DNC vehicles with ethanol from waste beer
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/19/daily30.html
International News
Raven Partners With Spectrum Energy to Develop Biofuels in British Columbia, Canada
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0399429.htm
Energy crops take a roasting (A new process to improve combustion)
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529455
House Overrides Veto of Farm Bill: Glitch May Force Repeat of the Process (Ed: Apparently the House Clerk left off a section of the Farm Bill when it was sent to the President, so they will likely have to start the whole process over again. Since he did not see the whole bill, the veto apparently does not count.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101313.html?hpid=topnews
and http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/bush.farmbill.ap/index.html
Crude sets new mark above $135
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/markets/oil.ap/index.htm
Global pulpwood prices reached new records in 1Q 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=2602
Clearing the Air: Outdoor Wood Boilers Face Regulation
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=2584
Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies
http://www.suntimes.com/business/964699,CST-FIN-ethanol22.article
Sununu backs freeze on corn ethanol
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Sununu+backs+freeze++on+corn+ethanol&articleId=01e39d26-5872-49ab-9ecb-2076f7f5541e
Switchgrass varieties currently on trial at four locations in California
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-varieties-0521/
Riding the rails
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4143
The Genetics of Ethanol Production
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4147
1 more biodiesel plant up, running: Annual capacity 10 million gallons at state’s 3rd site (Arkansas)
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/may/22/1-more-biodiesel-plant-running-20080522/?subscriber/national
Corn grown for ethanol feeds feud over food: Detroit automakers may have to shift focus as voices rise against biofuel
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS01/805220385/1002/BUSINESS
Skyrocketing Oil Prices Stump Experts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100386.html?hpid=topnews
And in a true, but humorous story…..
Molson Coors will fuel DNC vehicles with ethanol from waste beer
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/19/daily30.html
International News
Raven Partners With Spectrum Energy to Develop Biofuels in British Columbia, Canada
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0399429.htm
Energy crops take a roasting (A new process to improve combustion)
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529455
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
News and Notes - May 21, 2008
US News
Wall Street Journal’s “Khosla's Conspiracy”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121123877696104955.html
Vinod Khosla’s letter regarding Wall Street Journal article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949134-60.html
Khosla’s Food Vs. Fuel Presentation Script
http://khoslaventures.com/presentations/FOODvFUEL.pdf
Anti-ethanol Lobby Launches "Food Before Fuel Campaign"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4111889.shtml
IA Sen. Grassley Urges GMA Member Company Workers to Voice Disappointment With Ethanol Smear Campaign
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IA_Sen__Grassley_Urges_GMA_Member_Company_Workers_to_Voice_Disappointment_With_Ethanol_Smear_Campaign-57526.html
New Ethanol Legislation Could Hit Hard
http://investerms.com/top_news/382.html
More research needed on cellulosic ethanol: Borlaug
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=8494
New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks (Invasive Plants)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?_r=3&hp&oref&oref=slogin
Crude's Price Surge Attracts Oil-Field Thieves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121132645628208717.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Athena Recieves DOE Grant for Ethanol Microbe Research
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52520
Minnesota Passes Statewide B20 Mandate
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52535
Our opinion: Biofools
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/20/our-opinion-biofools/
AU researchers show off way to turn wood to watts
http://nrmdi.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/wood-to-watts-biomass-gasification/
International News
Don’t blame biofuels for food shortage
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/dont-blame-biofuels-for-food-shortage/774581.aspx
EU defends biofuels policy amid rising food prices
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6415190.html
Indonesia considering mandatory use of biofuel
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINJAK14435720080521?sp=true
Angola: Portuguese investors want to produce sugar cane in Zaire province
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=5398
First Draft of Oil Palm Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-21-2008/0004818112&EDATE=
Wall Street Journal’s “Khosla's Conspiracy”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121123877696104955.html
Vinod Khosla’s letter regarding Wall Street Journal article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949134-60.html
Khosla’s Food Vs. Fuel Presentation Script
http://khoslaventures.com/presentations/FOODvFUEL.pdf
Anti-ethanol Lobby Launches "Food Before Fuel Campaign"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4111889.shtml
IA Sen. Grassley Urges GMA Member Company Workers to Voice Disappointment With Ethanol Smear Campaign
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IA_Sen__Grassley_Urges_GMA_Member_Company_Workers_to_Voice_Disappointment_With_Ethanol_Smear_Campaign-57526.html
New Ethanol Legislation Could Hit Hard
http://investerms.com/top_news/382.html
More research needed on cellulosic ethanol: Borlaug
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=8494
New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks (Invasive Plants)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?_r=3&hp&oref&oref=slogin
Crude's Price Surge Attracts Oil-Field Thieves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121132645628208717.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Athena Recieves DOE Grant for Ethanol Microbe Research
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52520
Minnesota Passes Statewide B20 Mandate
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52535
Our opinion: Biofools
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/20/our-opinion-biofools/
AU researchers show off way to turn wood to watts
http://nrmdi.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/wood-to-watts-biomass-gasification/
International News
Don’t blame biofuels for food shortage
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/dont-blame-biofuels-for-food-shortage/774581.aspx
EU defends biofuels policy amid rising food prices
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6415190.html
Indonesia considering mandatory use of biofuel
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINJAK14435720080521?sp=true
Angola: Portuguese investors want to produce sugar cane in Zaire province
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=5398
First Draft of Oil Palm Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-21-2008/0004818112&EDATE=
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
News and Notes - May 20, 2008
US News
Administration allies strike against ethanol critics
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/administration-allies-strike-against-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7B7707E9FB%2D2ABF%2D45B0%2D9152%2DFA723939225E%7D&dist=hplatest&dist=dist_smartbrief&dist=dist_smartbrief
Bush: Saudi oil move won't fix problem, U.S. must aid self
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5787377.html
U.S. presidential candidates’ views on biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1645
When cars compete with people for food
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/IN3R10MGP4.DTL
US, Brazil blame soaring food prices on trade restrictions
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805200950.htm
US March Ethanol Imports Down, According To Early EIA Data
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221641
So You Think Gas Costs a Lot? (Commentary on Diesel prices)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/automobiles/18PRICE.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
U.S. stops filling oil reserve: Move fails to halt rising crude prices, which hit record $126.29 a barrel
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/BUN510O3MC.DTL
Termites hold clue to replace corn in ethanol
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-tech-notebook-miscanthusmay19,0,4954773.story
Ethanol plants alter farming landscape
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/05/18/planting_season.ART_ART_05-18-08_D1_JOA7GFL.html
Is Florida's big ethanol investment worth the risk?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/food/orl-ethanol2808may19,0,7556324.story
Farm Bill Promotes Cellulosic Ethanol
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/18/farm-bill-promotes-cellulosic-ethanol/
Ethanol Regains Some Luster
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/19/pacific-ethanol-corn-markets-equity-cx_ra_0519markets27.html
What Hoosiers Think About Ethanol
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00886_What_hooisers_think_191955.php
International News
Big Oil Steps Into Brazilian Ethanol
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52475
Can biomass clean China’s air?
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1646
U.S. Wants China to Enter IEA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121127520932506675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
MEP seeks Europe-wide ban on 'splash and dash' biofuel trading (shipping B100 to US, adding a splash of diesel and shipping it back to the UK to get the $1.00 gallon blending credit from US)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/19/biofuels.alternativeenergy
Mexico President Calderon Cautious On Using Food For Biofuels
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222775
Brazil's Sao Paulo state suspends new ethanol plants pending environmental study
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/16/afx5019776.html
WEF: 'Biofuel production is driving up food prices'
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article3964943.ece
PvT Capital and Greenfield JV on Chernobyl ethanol plan
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/20/pvt-capital-and-greenfield-jv-on-chernobyl-ethanol-plan/
Key lawmaker urges EU to scrap 10 pct biofuel target
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINL1651093020080516
Ghana: food or biofuels
http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/ghana-food-or-biofuels/
Administration allies strike against ethanol critics
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/administration-allies-strike-against-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7B7707E9FB%2D2ABF%2D45B0%2D9152%2DFA723939225E%7D&dist=hplatest&dist=dist_smartbrief&dist=dist_smartbrief
Bush: Saudi oil move won't fix problem, U.S. must aid self
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5787377.html
U.S. presidential candidates’ views on biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1645
When cars compete with people for food
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/IN3R10MGP4.DTL
US, Brazil blame soaring food prices on trade restrictions
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805200950.htm
US March Ethanol Imports Down, According To Early EIA Data
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221641
So You Think Gas Costs a Lot? (Commentary on Diesel prices)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/automobiles/18PRICE.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
U.S. stops filling oil reserve: Move fails to halt rising crude prices, which hit record $126.29 a barrel
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/BUN510O3MC.DTL
Termites hold clue to replace corn in ethanol
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-tech-notebook-miscanthusmay19,0,4954773.story
Ethanol plants alter farming landscape
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/05/18/planting_season.ART_ART_05-18-08_D1_JOA7GFL.html
Is Florida's big ethanol investment worth the risk?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/food/orl-ethanol2808may19,0,7556324.story
Farm Bill Promotes Cellulosic Ethanol
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/18/farm-bill-promotes-cellulosic-ethanol/
Ethanol Regains Some Luster
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/19/pacific-ethanol-corn-markets-equity-cx_ra_0519markets27.html
What Hoosiers Think About Ethanol
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00886_What_hooisers_think_191955.php
International News
Big Oil Steps Into Brazilian Ethanol
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52475
Can biomass clean China’s air?
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1646
U.S. Wants China to Enter IEA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121127520932506675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
MEP seeks Europe-wide ban on 'splash and dash' biofuel trading (shipping B100 to US, adding a splash of diesel and shipping it back to the UK to get the $1.00 gallon blending credit from US)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/19/biofuels.alternativeenergy
Mexico President Calderon Cautious On Using Food For Biofuels
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222775
Brazil's Sao Paulo state suspends new ethanol plants pending environmental study
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/16/afx5019776.html
WEF: 'Biofuel production is driving up food prices'
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article3964943.ece
PvT Capital and Greenfield JV on Chernobyl ethanol plan
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/20/pvt-capital-and-greenfield-jv-on-chernobyl-ethanol-plan/
Key lawmaker urges EU to scrap 10 pct biofuel target
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINL1651093020080516
Ghana: food or biofuels
http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/ghana-food-or-biofuels/
Friday, May 16, 2008
News and Notes - May 16, 2008
**BIONEWS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED ON MONDAY MAY 19. LOOK FOR THE NEXT EDITION ON TUESDAY MAY 20!**
UTBI News
Today’s Knoxville News-Sentinel cover story! (There is also a video on the website)
Farmers planting switchgrass as crop for alternative fuel
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/16/seeds-of-change/
US News
The Farm Bill: Ethanol For Everyone! (Senate and House pass bill by veto proof margins)
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/05/15/ethanol-congress-agriculture-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0515farmbill.html
Grassley responds to ethanol smear campaign
http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=ee2bfce2-f5dc-7670-0f23-38fc3f9755d8
Ethanol: corn, fuel savings and world hunger
http://deltafarmpress.com/corn/ethanol-study-0516/
EPA Seeks Comments on Texas' RFS Waiver Request
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143120
Ethanol Production Increases Food Prices By A Third Worldwide
http://ethanol-news.newslib.com/story/6938-25462/
Farmers Don't Buy Into Ethanol Criticism
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9950e325-8934-4f18-aa68-c7fb8cdd3f9b&rss=102
BBI creates subsidiary to produce cellulosic ethanol (Fagen Inc to be contractor)
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1644
Louisiana Approves Revenue Bonds For Tyson Biofuel Venture
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222235
Ethanol Subsidies Wipe Out the Savings
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d20712fc-089f-43af-88ce-2366649db2c4
Honeywell to test biofuel for jets
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0516biz-honeywell0516.html
KC biodiesel plant is up and running
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/05/12/daily38.html
International News
FAO sees energy, biofuel keeping world food costly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7518637
Survey: Canadians support biofuels
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2399
Brazil, Germany sign co-op deal on environment, energy
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/international/2008/05/783275/
China Adds Emphasis to Ethanol Production as Biodiesel Feedstocks Remain Low and Costly
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/China_Adds_Emphasis_to_Ethanol_Production_as_Biodiesel_Feedstocks_Remain_Low_and_Costly-57342.html
UTBI News
Today’s Knoxville News-Sentinel cover story! (There is also a video on the website)
Farmers planting switchgrass as crop for alternative fuel
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/16/seeds-of-change/
US News
The Farm Bill: Ethanol For Everyone! (Senate and House pass bill by veto proof margins)
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/05/15/ethanol-congress-agriculture-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0515farmbill.html
Grassley responds to ethanol smear campaign
http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=ee2bfce2-f5dc-7670-0f23-38fc3f9755d8
Ethanol: corn, fuel savings and world hunger
http://deltafarmpress.com/corn/ethanol-study-0516/
EPA Seeks Comments on Texas' RFS Waiver Request
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143120
Ethanol Production Increases Food Prices By A Third Worldwide
http://ethanol-news.newslib.com/story/6938-25462/
Farmers Don't Buy Into Ethanol Criticism
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9950e325-8934-4f18-aa68-c7fb8cdd3f9b&rss=102
BBI creates subsidiary to produce cellulosic ethanol (Fagen Inc to be contractor)
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1644
Louisiana Approves Revenue Bonds For Tyson Biofuel Venture
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222235
Ethanol Subsidies Wipe Out the Savings
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d20712fc-089f-43af-88ce-2366649db2c4
Honeywell to test biofuel for jets
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0516biz-honeywell0516.html
KC biodiesel plant is up and running
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/05/12/daily38.html
International News
FAO sees energy, biofuel keeping world food costly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7518637
Survey: Canadians support biofuels
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2399
Brazil, Germany sign co-op deal on environment, energy
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/international/2008/05/783275/
China Adds Emphasis to Ethanol Production as Biodiesel Feedstocks Remain Low and Costly
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/China_Adds_Emphasis_to_Ethanol_Production_as_Biodiesel_Feedstocks_Remain_Low_and_Costly-57342.html
Thursday, May 15, 2008
News and Notes - May 15, 2008
UTBI-related News
Our Mascoma Math Coma
http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/06/our-mascoma-math-coma/
US News
Rome (NY – Mascoma) ethanol plant will convert wood chips into fuel
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=fee4904e-6288-497b-8d86-d20f8829ff97
More on DuPont, Genencor form $140M ethanol venture
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5780018.html
House OKs farm bill by veto-proof margin
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.farmbill15may15,0,4147322.story
Farm bill reduces support for corn ethanol
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/453270b.html
Bush advisor downplays ethanol's role in food prices
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/BUSINESS/80514020
Experts and Officials Say Blaming Ethanol for Food Cost is Wrong
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Experts_and_Officials_Say_Blaming_Ethanol_for_Food_Cost_is_Wrong-57255.html
Stop ethanol debacle now
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/266538/3/
Biofuels Digest Newsmaker: Ethanol guru Dr. Bruce Dale (Interview)
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/15/biofuels-digest-newsmaker-ethanol-guru-dr-bruce-dale/
Grocery Manufacturers identified as money, tactician behind anti-biofuels jihad
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/15/grocery-manufacturers-identified-as-money-tactician-behind-anti-biofuels-jihad-linked-financially-to-john-mccain-and-republican-senatorial-revolt-on-ethanol-mandate/
Original article at (requires subscription): http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_137/news/23620-1.html
Medford pair creating way to use husks for ethanol
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/05/15/medford_pair_creating_way_to_use_husks_for_ethanol/
A sweet future: using sugar cane for ethanol
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl051308ethanol.f9f04ef0.html
Minnesota moves on up (Gov. increase biodiesel mandate)
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=BiofuelsUpdate&PID=9becf92e-f8c7-4770-8e1c-5b5af71b3e89
Environmental Defense Fund and Florida Wildlife Federation launch Faces of Climate Change campaign, feature PetroAlgae, Green Circle BioEnergy (ethanol)
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=22457
International News
High oil prices fuel Brazil's ethanol boom
http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/REG/796826254
Japanese oil industry, govt butt heads over biofuels
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/sectorandindustry/news/article.asp?docKey=600-200805091602KRTRIB__BUSNEWS_16077-62CAOB34HEBRRV8K8C6CDUU6MG×tamp=05/09/2008%204:02%20PM%20ET&headline=Oil%20industry%2C%20govt%20butt%20heads%20over%20biofuels%20%5BThe%20Yomiuri%20Shimbun%5D&docSource=Knight%20Ridder/Tribune&provider=ACQUIREMEDIA
(Malaysian) GOVT EYEING JATROPHA OIL FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080514/tbs-parliament-biodiesel-bm-ceeeaba.html
Our Mascoma Math Coma
http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/06/our-mascoma-math-coma/
US News
Rome (NY – Mascoma) ethanol plant will convert wood chips into fuel
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=fee4904e-6288-497b-8d86-d20f8829ff97
More on DuPont, Genencor form $140M ethanol venture
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5780018.html
House OKs farm bill by veto-proof margin
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.farmbill15may15,0,4147322.story
Farm bill reduces support for corn ethanol
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/453270b.html
Bush advisor downplays ethanol's role in food prices
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/BUSINESS/80514020
Experts and Officials Say Blaming Ethanol for Food Cost is Wrong
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Experts_and_Officials_Say_Blaming_Ethanol_for_Food_Cost_is_Wrong-57255.html
Stop ethanol debacle now
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/266538/3/
Biofuels Digest Newsmaker: Ethanol guru Dr. Bruce Dale (Interview)
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/15/biofuels-digest-newsmaker-ethanol-guru-dr-bruce-dale/
Grocery Manufacturers identified as money, tactician behind anti-biofuels jihad
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/15/grocery-manufacturers-identified-as-money-tactician-behind-anti-biofuels-jihad-linked-financially-to-john-mccain-and-republican-senatorial-revolt-on-ethanol-mandate/
Original article at (requires subscription): http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_137/news/23620-1.html
Medford pair creating way to use husks for ethanol
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/05/15/medford_pair_creating_way_to_use_husks_for_ethanol/
A sweet future: using sugar cane for ethanol
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl051308ethanol.f9f04ef0.html
Minnesota moves on up (Gov. increase biodiesel mandate)
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=BiofuelsUpdate&PID=9becf92e-f8c7-4770-8e1c-5b5af71b3e89
Environmental Defense Fund and Florida Wildlife Federation launch Faces of Climate Change campaign, feature PetroAlgae, Green Circle BioEnergy (ethanol)
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=22457
International News
High oil prices fuel Brazil's ethanol boom
http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/REG/796826254
Japanese oil industry, govt butt heads over biofuels
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/sectorandindustry/news/article.asp?docKey=600-200805091602KRTRIB__BUSNEWS_16077-62CAOB34HEBRRV8K8C6CDUU6MG×tamp=05/09/2008%204:02%20PM%20ET&headline=Oil%20industry%2C%20govt%20butt%20heads%20over%20biofuels%20%5BThe%20Yomiuri%20Shimbun%5D&docSource=Knight%20Ridder/Tribune&provider=ACQUIREMEDIA
(Malaysian) GOVT EYEING JATROPHA OIL FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080514/tbs-parliament-biodiesel-bm-ceeeaba.html
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
News and Notes - May 14, 2008
US News
Corn production decline puts more pressure on ethanol industry
http://webstar.postbulletin.com/agrinews/294365492930091.bsp
Rising food prices prompt new ethanol bill
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2008/05/14/rising_food_prices_prompt_new_ethanol_bill/1716/
DuPont, Genencor form $140M ethanol venture
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080514/dupont_genencor.html?.v=2
Ethanol Economics Boosted By Pipelines - VeraSun CEO
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221118
Pacific Ethanol projects $36.2 million loss
http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/600525.html
Senator lists seven steps toward energy security in 5 years
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328588/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Senator-lists-seven-steps-toward-energy-security-in-5-years/
The Whys and Hows of Energy Taxes
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1382602/the_whys_and_hows_of_energy_taxes/
Hannity Exposes Gore’s Connection to Ethanol and Higher Food Prices
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/13/hannity-exposes-gore-s-connection-ethanol-higher-food-prices
Ethanol's value questioned: Some point finger at biofuel for soaring food prices
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/051308/BUS_BGJT80G8.027.php
BASF says seed sales with Monsanto to start in 2012 (Drought resistant corn seeds)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/healthcare/story/D42E2118774AB369862574490009CE7A?OpenDocument
Iowa retailers get help installing alternative fuel pumps
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-xgr-culver-fuels,0,4035809.story
Too "Complex"?
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/05/13/too_complex?page=2
International News
RPT-Law, not grain price, hits biofuel output –Abengoa (Interesting comments on how long it’s Spain plant could remain closed “frankly, it could be forever”)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL1313019320080513
Corn production decline puts more pressure on ethanol industry
http://webstar.postbulletin.com/agrinews/294365492930091.bsp
Rising food prices prompt new ethanol bill
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2008/05/14/rising_food_prices_prompt_new_ethanol_bill/1716/
DuPont, Genencor form $140M ethanol venture
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080514/dupont_genencor.html?.v=2
Ethanol Economics Boosted By Pipelines - VeraSun CEO
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221118
Pacific Ethanol projects $36.2 million loss
http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/600525.html
Senator lists seven steps toward energy security in 5 years
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328588/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Senator-lists-seven-steps-toward-energy-security-in-5-years/
The Whys and Hows of Energy Taxes
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1382602/the_whys_and_hows_of_energy_taxes/
Hannity Exposes Gore’s Connection to Ethanol and Higher Food Prices
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/13/hannity-exposes-gore-s-connection-ethanol-higher-food-prices
Ethanol's value questioned: Some point finger at biofuel for soaring food prices
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/051308/BUS_BGJT80G8.027.php
BASF says seed sales with Monsanto to start in 2012 (Drought resistant corn seeds)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/healthcare/story/D42E2118774AB369862574490009CE7A?OpenDocument
Iowa retailers get help installing alternative fuel pumps
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-xgr-culver-fuels,0,4035809.story
Too "Complex"?
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/05/13/too_complex?page=2
International News
RPT-Law, not grain price, hits biofuel output –Abengoa (Interesting comments on how long it’s Spain plant could remain closed “frankly, it could be forever”)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL1313019320080513
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
News and Notes - May 13, 2008
US News
Shares of ethanol producers rising: Ethanol producer shares up as analyst says industry not likely to be "dismantled" by Congress
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/eadf14bd2afbdfa4a964c6af09df052c.htm
Senate to vote on suspending SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) purchases as separate bill
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328537/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Senate-to-vote-on-suspending-SPR-purchases-as-separate-bill/
Congress divided on energy plan
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gScgWQS6FlOMAvJXLoN3NRV8PJBwD90K9DD81
VeraSun Reports First-Quarter Revenues of $516.5 Million, Up 257% From First-Quarter 2007
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Reports_First_Quarter_Revenues_of__516_5_Million__Up_257__From_First_Quarter_2007-57135.html
Actual Water Use by Ethanol Plants is Comparable to Gasoline Industry
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Myke_s_Biofuels_Blog__Real_Science____Actual_Water_Use_by_Ethanol_Plants_is_Comparable_to_Gasoline_Industry-57111.html
GM demonstrates HCCI engine - compression technology in gas engine promises 15 percent lift in mileage, reduced NOx
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/13/gm-demonstrates-hcci-engine-compression-technology-in-gas-engine-promises-15-percent-lift-in-mileage-reduced-nox/
Indiana Takes Lead Role in I-65 Biofuels Corridor
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00847_i65corridor_145935.php
Ethanol plant proposal divides Eyota
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/12/eyota_ethanol/
International News
UN chief urges global leadership to combat food crisis
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1DgKyCY7pR2h6amgMA1Fs5562Bg
DJ IEA: Replacing World Biofuels Would Require 1M B/D More Oil
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1544552/
Shares of ethanol producers rising: Ethanol producer shares up as analyst says industry not likely to be "dismantled" by Congress
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/eadf14bd2afbdfa4a964c6af09df052c.htm
Senate to vote on suspending SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) purchases as separate bill
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328537/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Senate-to-vote-on-suspending-SPR-purchases-as-separate-bill/
Congress divided on energy plan
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gScgWQS6FlOMAvJXLoN3NRV8PJBwD90K9DD81
VeraSun Reports First-Quarter Revenues of $516.5 Million, Up 257% From First-Quarter 2007
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Reports_First_Quarter_Revenues_of__516_5_Million__Up_257__From_First_Quarter_2007-57135.html
Actual Water Use by Ethanol Plants is Comparable to Gasoline Industry
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Myke_s_Biofuels_Blog__Real_Science____Actual_Water_Use_by_Ethanol_Plants_is_Comparable_to_Gasoline_Industry-57111.html
GM demonstrates HCCI engine - compression technology in gas engine promises 15 percent lift in mileage, reduced NOx
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/13/gm-demonstrates-hcci-engine-compression-technology-in-gas-engine-promises-15-percent-lift-in-mileage-reduced-nox/
Indiana Takes Lead Role in I-65 Biofuels Corridor
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00847_i65corridor_145935.php
Ethanol plant proposal divides Eyota
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/12/eyota_ethanol/
International News
UN chief urges global leadership to combat food crisis
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1DgKyCY7pR2h6amgMA1Fs5562Bg
DJ IEA: Replacing World Biofuels Would Require 1M B/D More Oil
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1544552/
Monday, May 12, 2008
News and Notes - May 12, 2008
US News
The sum of all ears: Ethanol equation (A Clean Cities Manager from Arizona in a positive take on ethanol)
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/84968.php
Energy Conservation Graphic
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11332762
Clearing the Air, Feeding the Fuel Tank: Understanding the Link between Energy and Environmental Security – Testimony from EESI’s Jetta Wong
http://www.eesi.org/publications/Fact%20Sheets/eesi_food_biomass_test_050508.pdf
Biodiesel Plant In Low Gear (FL plant on hold due to soybean costs)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080510/NEWS/805100329/1178
Maine bread company bashes U.S. fuel policy
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164069&zoneid=500
Another Recipe for Ethanol: Homegrown Sweet Sorghum
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1377238/another_recipe_for_ethanol_homegrown_sweet_sorghum/
Furfural-etc - A Third Biofuel
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=harrywparker&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=harrywparker&plckPostId=Blog%3AharrywparkerPost%3Ad622d43c-72f7-4ced-a36e-9a31b00fe400&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
Start-up enlists algae for toxic clean-up, fuel
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9934274-54.html
MotherJones.com – Energy Issue (several interesting articles)
http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2008/05/index.html
International News
Germany Says U.S. Must Cut Biofuel Subsidies to Help Rainforest
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aoPQbVUSf.Pk&refer=germany
How does China keep stable domestic market amid int'l grain price rises?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8144557.htm
Backing for ethanol boost evaporates (Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080512.ETHANOL12/TPStory/National
The sum of all ears: Ethanol equation (A Clean Cities Manager from Arizona in a positive take on ethanol)
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/84968.php
Energy Conservation Graphic
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11332762
Clearing the Air, Feeding the Fuel Tank: Understanding the Link between Energy and Environmental Security – Testimony from EESI’s Jetta Wong
http://www.eesi.org/publications/Fact%20Sheets/eesi_food_biomass_test_050508.pdf
Biodiesel Plant In Low Gear (FL plant on hold due to soybean costs)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080510/NEWS/805100329/1178
Maine bread company bashes U.S. fuel policy
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164069&zoneid=500
Another Recipe for Ethanol: Homegrown Sweet Sorghum
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1377238/another_recipe_for_ethanol_homegrown_sweet_sorghum/
Furfural-etc - A Third Biofuel
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=harrywparker&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=harrywparker&plckPostId=Blog%3AharrywparkerPost%3Ad622d43c-72f7-4ced-a36e-9a31b00fe400&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
Start-up enlists algae for toxic clean-up, fuel
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9934274-54.html
MotherJones.com – Energy Issue (several interesting articles)
http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2008/05/index.html
International News
Germany Says U.S. Must Cut Biofuel Subsidies to Help Rainforest
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aoPQbVUSf.Pk&refer=germany
How does China keep stable domestic market amid int'l grain price rises?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8144557.htm
Backing for ethanol boost evaporates (Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080512.ETHANOL12/TPStory/National
News and Notes - May 9, 2008
US News
The attached document has some interesting comparisons of current grain and fuel prices/stocks to a year ago.
Canadian company nixes Idaho for ethanol plant (Iogen cancels plans for cellulosic plant in US, will build in Canada)
http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=8291235
and http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVhFVIjScxoTrAR8kwpFjTlEZrOg
Congress Agrees on Farm Bill as Bush Veto Is Threatened
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/washington/09farm.html?_r=2&ref=us&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Plow It Under: A farm bill larded with giveaways deserves President Bush's veto
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050802880.html
McCain’s uneasy return to Iowa (Says he would veto Farm Bill too)
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/01/mccains-uneasy-return-to-iowa/
Dingell: Use EPA rulemaking process to correct RFS shortcomings
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328187/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Dingell:-Use-EPA-rulemaking-process-to-correct-RFS-shortcomings/
Cellulosic Ethanol Focus at Hearing
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/07/cellulosic-ethanol-focus-at-hearing/
NREL Survey Shows 90% of Biodiesel Samples Met ASTM Specs in 2007
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/NREL_Survey_Shows_90__of_Biodiesel_Samples_Met_ASTM_Specs_in_2007-56906.html
Argonne National Lab updates GREET Model
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508115822.htm
Plant Utilization Slows February’s U.S. Ethanol Output
http://www.insidefutures.com/article/64991/Plant%20Utilization%20Slows%20February’s%20U.S.%20Ethanol%20Output%20.html
Ethanol reduces gas prices by $0.29-$0.40 per gallon, says downloadable study
http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=1076
Food crisis provides opening for array of ethanol opponents
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/bba711c7db4069fc932a60fcb75fb94a.htm
Minnesota mandates B20 by 2015 (about 2/3 of the way through the article)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/politics/index.cfm?page=article_bureau&id=43333&legislative_tag=1
Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/tau--fma050808.php
Corn Dogs: Gas prices keep rising. So why are ethanol producers hurting?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135995
Crying Over Spilt Milk: Everyone's talking about the rising costs of food. But for most Americans, the reality isn't so dire.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135379
Planting seeds for a bio future (Memphis BioWorks Foundation)
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/may/08/planting-seeds-for-a-bio-future/
Oil vs. ethanol: What's riskier?
http://www.minnpost.com/craigwestover/2008/05/07/1762/oil_vs_ethanol_whats_riskier
Big Ethanol Plant Proposed for Port: Developers Say New Technology Would Make It More Efficient Than Existing Facilities
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1376458/big_ethanol_plant_proposed_for_port_developers_say_new_technology/index.html
International News
UN Expert: Biofuels Production Adds to Global Food Crisis
http://english.cri.cn/2947/2008/05/07/1722@354381.htm
The attached document has some interesting comparisons of current grain and fuel prices/stocks to a year ago.
Canadian company nixes Idaho for ethanol plant (Iogen cancels plans for cellulosic plant in US, will build in Canada)
http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=8291235
and http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVhFVIjScxoTrAR8kwpFjTlEZrOg
Congress Agrees on Farm Bill as Bush Veto Is Threatened
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/washington/09farm.html?_r=2&ref=us&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Plow It Under: A farm bill larded with giveaways deserves President Bush's veto
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050802880.html
McCain’s uneasy return to Iowa (Says he would veto Farm Bill too)
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/01/mccains-uneasy-return-to-iowa/
Dingell: Use EPA rulemaking process to correct RFS shortcomings
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/328187/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Dingell:-Use-EPA-rulemaking-process-to-correct-RFS-shortcomings/
Cellulosic Ethanol Focus at Hearing
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/07/cellulosic-ethanol-focus-at-hearing/
NREL Survey Shows 90% of Biodiesel Samples Met ASTM Specs in 2007
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/NREL_Survey_Shows_90__of_Biodiesel_Samples_Met_ASTM_Specs_in_2007-56906.html
Argonne National Lab updates GREET Model
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508115822.htm
Plant Utilization Slows February’s U.S. Ethanol Output
http://www.insidefutures.com/article/64991/Plant%20Utilization%20Slows%20February’s%20U.S.%20Ethanol%20Output%20.html
Ethanol reduces gas prices by $0.29-$0.40 per gallon, says downloadable study
http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=1076
Food crisis provides opening for array of ethanol opponents
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/bba711c7db4069fc932a60fcb75fb94a.htm
Minnesota mandates B20 by 2015 (about 2/3 of the way through the article)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/politics/index.cfm?page=article_bureau&id=43333&legislative_tag=1
Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/tau--fma050808.php
Corn Dogs: Gas prices keep rising. So why are ethanol producers hurting?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135995
Crying Over Spilt Milk: Everyone's talking about the rising costs of food. But for most Americans, the reality isn't so dire.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135379
Planting seeds for a bio future (Memphis BioWorks Foundation)
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/may/08/planting-seeds-for-a-bio-future/
Oil vs. ethanol: What's riskier?
http://www.minnpost.com/craigwestover/2008/05/07/1762/oil_vs_ethanol_whats_riskier
Big Ethanol Plant Proposed for Port: Developers Say New Technology Would Make It More Efficient Than Existing Facilities
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1376458/big_ethanol_plant_proposed_for_port_developers_say_new_technology/index.html
International News
UN Expert: Biofuels Production Adds to Global Food Crisis
http://english.cri.cn/2947/2008/05/07/1722@354381.htm
News and Notes - May 8, 2008
US News
Corker Calls Federal Energy Policy “An Embarrassment”
http://wpln.org/newstranscripts/?p=2276
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Enters Into Merger Agreements With VBV LLC and Its Subsidiaries (Owners of Obion County TN Plant)
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008050716141100001.mwir/newsblaze/ENVIRONM/Environment.html
DOE awards $61M for greenhouse gas storage study
http://wvgazette.com/latest/200805070269
Osage Bio Energy, based in Glen Allen, VA, received a $300 million investment to build four ethanol plants
http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/161128
Food vs. fuel a global myth (US to pay $800 billion for its oil supply)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0506fuelmay06,0,1446735,print.story
The Ethanol Industrial Complex (Iowa State's Babcock testimony)
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/05/07/ethanol-congress-subsidies-biz-wash-cx_jz_0507ethanol.html
Gov. Crist hails energy bill, but green impact is fadedhttp://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article480496.ece
Spending on gas, oil wells jumped in '06, report says
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5761697.html
Shell Oil president wants more access to energy resources
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ID_ENERGY_SUMMIT_WAOL-?SITE=KYB66&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
International News
Biofuels: more valuable as fuel than as a scapegoat
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/228&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EU still far from agreeing biofuel standards: diplomats
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUEhrRgsa5G3wFXoK4AAAPDOBywg
Corker Calls Federal Energy Policy “An Embarrassment”
http://wpln.org/newstranscripts/?p=2276
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Enters Into Merger Agreements With VBV LLC and Its Subsidiaries (Owners of Obion County TN Plant)
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008050716141100001.mwir/newsblaze/ENVIRONM/Environment.html
DOE awards $61M for greenhouse gas storage study
http://wvgazette.com/latest/200805070269
Osage Bio Energy, based in Glen Allen, VA, received a $300 million investment to build four ethanol plants
http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/161128
Food vs. fuel a global myth (US to pay $800 billion for its oil supply)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0506fuelmay06,0,1446735,print.story
The Ethanol Industrial Complex (Iowa State's Babcock testimony)
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/05/07/ethanol-congress-subsidies-biz-wash-cx_jz_0507ethanol.html
Gov. Crist hails energy bill, but green impact is fadedhttp://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article480496.ece
Spending on gas, oil wells jumped in '06, report says
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5761697.html
Shell Oil president wants more access to energy resources
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ID_ENERGY_SUMMIT_WAOL-?SITE=KYB66&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
International News
Biofuels: more valuable as fuel than as a scapegoat
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/228&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EU still far from agreeing biofuel standards: diplomats
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUEhrRgsa5G3wFXoK4AAAPDOBywg
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
News and Notes - May 7, 2008
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UTBI-related News
More on GM/Marathon Oil investment in Mascoma
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1636
Biofuels Digest Interview with Colin South, President of Mascoma
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/07/newsmaker-interview-mascoma-president-colin-south/
US News
Corn futures approach record on oil's rise, weather concerns
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jND4r3B-VBZu2Ogg2_yzjYnPIP8gD90GCMQG2
Some See Oil At $150 a Barrel This Year
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121010625118671575.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Gas Prices Expected to Peak in June
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/business/07oil.html?_r=3&sq=energy&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=3&adxnnlx=1210156134-ZwBTmxD0LvspHe4YniDNbg&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Energy Biosciences Institute makes first 49 biofuel grants (BP’s investment in UC, Berkley, others)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/05/05/daily17.html
White House Press Briefing (5/5/08) includes long discussion on oil, biofuels, and food prices
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080505-4.html
Ethanol Standard Debated as Oil Prices Rise
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/06/ethanol-standard-debated-as-oil-prices-rise/
With food costs rising, ethanol benefits now questioned (Sen. Thune campaigns to defend ethanol)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2Rm3TrrnUGd0oi2gvn83OYZ7ExQD90GE5300
GM Says More Flex Fuel Vehicles Coming Soon (2500 and 3500 series trucks)
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00822_gmflexfuture_164148.php
Bill Gates cuts stake in Pacific Ethanol to 18.5 percent
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/c64adeb0813d0352fdb75335f91d3137.htm
TransCanada plans another oil pipeline to Gulf Coast
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D90GA0E80.htm
International News
Denmark: Cellulosic ethanol plant gets more public money
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1635
Biofuels not raising food prices - German ministers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7501888
India may ban trading in food futures
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14668246
Linde, Sud-Chemie in cellulosic ethanol venture
http://media.cleantech.com/2805/linde-sud-chemie-in-cellulosic-ethanol-venture
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UTBI-related News
More on GM/Marathon Oil investment in Mascoma
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1636
Biofuels Digest Interview with Colin South, President of Mascoma
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/07/newsmaker-interview-mascoma-president-colin-south/
US News
Corn futures approach record on oil's rise, weather concerns
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jND4r3B-VBZu2Ogg2_yzjYnPIP8gD90GCMQG2
Some See Oil At $150 a Barrel This Year
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121010625118671575.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Gas Prices Expected to Peak in June
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/business/07oil.html?_r=3&sq=energy&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=3&adxnnlx=1210156134-ZwBTmxD0LvspHe4YniDNbg&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Energy Biosciences Institute makes first 49 biofuel grants (BP’s investment in UC, Berkley, others)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/05/05/daily17.html
White House Press Briefing (5/5/08) includes long discussion on oil, biofuels, and food prices
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080505-4.html
Ethanol Standard Debated as Oil Prices Rise
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/06/ethanol-standard-debated-as-oil-prices-rise/
With food costs rising, ethanol benefits now questioned (Sen. Thune campaigns to defend ethanol)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2Rm3TrrnUGd0oi2gvn83OYZ7ExQD90GE5300
GM Says More Flex Fuel Vehicles Coming Soon (2500 and 3500 series trucks)
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00822_gmflexfuture_164148.php
Bill Gates cuts stake in Pacific Ethanol to 18.5 percent
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/c64adeb0813d0352fdb75335f91d3137.htm
TransCanada plans another oil pipeline to Gulf Coast
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D90GA0E80.htm
International News
Denmark: Cellulosic ethanol plant gets more public money
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1635
Biofuels not raising food prices - German ministers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7501888
India may ban trading in food futures
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14668246
Linde, Sud-Chemie in cellulosic ethanol venture
http://media.cleantech.com/2805/linde-sud-chemie-in-cellulosic-ethanol-venture
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
More Mascoma investment news...
From CNET.com
Marathon Oil, GM invest in ethanol maker Mascoma
Posted by Martin LaMonica
In a step toward maturing the cellulosic ethanol business, Mascoma officially announced on Tuesday $61 million in third-round funding, which includes participation from Marathon Oil and General Motors.
Marathon Oil, a gas and oil refiner, will put $10 million into Mascoma to help construct a plant and to further develop the company's proprietary microbe that streamlines the process of turning wood chips or agricultural waste into ethanol.
GM's decision to invest in Mascoma--the second cellulosic ethanol company with which it has partnered--was disclosed last week. GM's amount, however, is under wraps.
As previously reported, Mascoma's third-round funding also includes the participation of existing investors Khosla Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Atlas Venture, General Catalyst Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pinnacle Ventures, and Vantage Point Venture Partners.
Mascoma, one of the best-financed cellulosic ethanol start-ups, has raised $100 million in equity investments and received over $100 million in state and federal grants.
Marathon Oil, the fourth-largest gas and oil refiner in the U.S., has invested in two other ethanol manufacturing plants. By the middle of this year, Marathon Oil will open its own facilities to blend the ethanol with gasoline, the primary use for ethanol at this point.
There are only about 14,000 stations, mostly in the Midwest, that can pump E85, a blend of gasoline and 85 percent ethanol. But the majority of ethanol consumed today is used as an additive to gasoline, at lower concentrations than E85.
There's a race among a number of new companies to build a plant that can demonstrate the ability to make cost-effective ethanol on a commercial scale. Mascoma, Range Fuels, and Coskata have all announced plans to have such plants operating by next year.
Marathon Oil, GM invest in ethanol maker Mascoma
Posted by Martin LaMonica
In a step toward maturing the cellulosic ethanol business, Mascoma officially announced on Tuesday $61 million in third-round funding, which includes participation from Marathon Oil and General Motors.
Marathon Oil, a gas and oil refiner, will put $10 million into Mascoma to help construct a plant and to further develop the company's proprietary microbe that streamlines the process of turning wood chips or agricultural waste into ethanol.
GM's decision to invest in Mascoma--the second cellulosic ethanol company with which it has partnered--was disclosed last week. GM's amount, however, is under wraps.
As previously reported, Mascoma's third-round funding also includes the participation of existing investors Khosla Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Atlas Venture, General Catalyst Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pinnacle Ventures, and Vantage Point Venture Partners.
Mascoma, one of the best-financed cellulosic ethanol start-ups, has raised $100 million in equity investments and received over $100 million in state and federal grants.
Marathon Oil, the fourth-largest gas and oil refiner in the U.S., has invested in two other ethanol manufacturing plants. By the middle of this year, Marathon Oil will open its own facilities to blend the ethanol with gasoline, the primary use for ethanol at this point.
There are only about 14,000 stations, mostly in the Midwest, that can pump E85, a blend of gasoline and 85 percent ethanol. But the majority of ethanol consumed today is used as an additive to gasoline, at lower concentrations than E85.
There's a race among a number of new companies to build a plant that can demonstrate the ability to make cost-effective ethanol on a commercial scale. Mascoma, Range Fuels, and Coskata have all announced plans to have such plants operating by next year.
News and Notes - May 6, 2008
US News
Perry's ethanol resistance catches on in U.S. Senate
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5754092.html
Senate GOP wants ethanol idea halted
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5756018.html
Roll Call of 16 Senate flip-floppers on biofuels mandate (Inc. Corker)
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/06/roll-call-of-16-senate-flip-floppers-on-biofuels-mandate/
Ethanol waiver seen spiking gasoline $1/gallon
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0540704420080505
Range Fuels expands funding to speed cellulosic-ethanol production
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9935877-54.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Grease bandits strike as biofuel demand rises
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0506/p01s03-usgn.html?page=1
Verenium Corporation reports that total revenues for the first quarter were $15.2 million
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/05/cellulosic-ethanol-start-up-reports-growth/
Statement of the 25x’25 National Steering Committee in Joint Economic Committee Hearing: Biofuel Impacts on Food Prices
http://www.25x25.org/storage/25x25/documents/PartnerContactDocuments/25x25_sc_statement-jec%20hearing_5-1-08.pdf
Fungus genes could point to cheap fuel: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/CHMMFG/idUSN0554856920080505?sp=true
and http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/05/06/fungus_may_boost_ethanol_production/5200/
Oil Futures Push Above $122
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121006402107370277.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Goldman's Murti Says Oil `Likely' to Reach $150-$200
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=ayxRKcAZi630&refer=energy
Biotech grass developed to reduce methane
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4511404a3600.html
International News
Uncertain future for first generation European biofuel industry: European Biofuels Industry at fortnight of shake out?
http://www.biofuelsummit.info/en/press/news-170.html
3 Northeast Brazil States To Study Ethanol Pipeline Project
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=218762
Perry's ethanol resistance catches on in U.S. Senate
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5754092.html
Senate GOP wants ethanol idea halted
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5756018.html
Roll Call of 16 Senate flip-floppers on biofuels mandate (Inc. Corker)
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/06/roll-call-of-16-senate-flip-floppers-on-biofuels-mandate/
Ethanol waiver seen spiking gasoline $1/gallon
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0540704420080505
Range Fuels expands funding to speed cellulosic-ethanol production
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9935877-54.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Grease bandits strike as biofuel demand rises
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0506/p01s03-usgn.html?page=1
Verenium Corporation reports that total revenues for the first quarter were $15.2 million
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/05/cellulosic-ethanol-start-up-reports-growth/
Statement of the 25x’25 National Steering Committee in Joint Economic Committee Hearing: Biofuel Impacts on Food Prices
http://www.25x25.org/storage/25x25/documents/PartnerContactDocuments/25x25_sc_statement-jec%20hearing_5-1-08.pdf
Fungus genes could point to cheap fuel: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/CHMMFG/idUSN0554856920080505?sp=true
and http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/05/06/fungus_may_boost_ethanol_production/5200/
Oil Futures Push Above $122
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121006402107370277.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Goldman's Murti Says Oil `Likely' to Reach $150-$200
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=ayxRKcAZi630&refer=energy
Biotech grass developed to reduce methane
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4511404a3600.html
International News
Uncertain future for first generation European biofuel industry: European Biofuels Industry at fortnight of shake out?
http://www.biofuelsummit.info/en/press/news-170.html
3 Northeast Brazil States To Study Ethanol Pipeline Project
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=218762
Monday, May 5, 2008
News and Notes - May 5, 2008
UTBI News
Switching to switchgrass to cut foreign oil (Feature on WBIR Evening News, May 2, 2008)
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=57478&catid=2 (Article)
http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?aid=63883&storyid=57478 (Video)
UT researcher says cars may soon run on $1.50-per-gallon 'grassoline'
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9006210
Think tank seeks political points
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/OPINION01/805040404/1008
US News
Nu-Energie biodiesel business set to hold grand opening (Surgoinsville, TN)
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9006222
Grundy County (TN) High School's biodiesel program expanding after a year of production
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/apr/30/grundy-county-high-schools-biodiesel-program-expan/
Oklahoma Legislature funds Noble, OU and OSU ethanol effort
http://southwestfarmpress.com/energy/ethanol-funding-0502/
Algae are fueling a boom in energy research
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695237893,00.html
Bush defends ethanol as energy source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54133§ionid=3510203
Obama: Change in ethanol policy might be needed
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gKwNfClK2RU_LVUDl8BxgFXtj_AgD90EUHIO0
Whitman: Stemming world food crisis before its too late
http://www.northjersey.com/news/nationalpolitics/18570359.html
Connecticut Requests Ethanol Waiver
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=DD92002816394DCE838D9F22E2C17485
Land for Largest Field of Swithgrass for Bioenergy Acquired
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2008/05/land-for-larges.html
Growth of ethanol industry likely to boost competition for corn
http://www.iowafarmer.com/articles/2008/05/03/special_section/energy_and_ethanol/003eth3.txt
Chevron notches record first-quarter profit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/03/BUTL10FVD9.DTL
International News
Rising global food prices also due to India’s prosperity: Bush
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/04/stories/2008050460790100.htm
Switching to switchgrass to cut foreign oil (Feature on WBIR Evening News, May 2, 2008)
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=57478&catid=2 (Article)
http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?aid=63883&storyid=57478 (Video)
UT researcher says cars may soon run on $1.50-per-gallon 'grassoline'
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9006210
Think tank seeks political points
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/OPINION01/805040404/1008
US News
Nu-Energie biodiesel business set to hold grand opening (Surgoinsville, TN)
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9006222
Grundy County (TN) High School's biodiesel program expanding after a year of production
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/apr/30/grundy-county-high-schools-biodiesel-program-expan/
Oklahoma Legislature funds Noble, OU and OSU ethanol effort
http://southwestfarmpress.com/energy/ethanol-funding-0502/
Algae are fueling a boom in energy research
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695237893,00.html
Bush defends ethanol as energy source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54133§ionid=3510203
Obama: Change in ethanol policy might be needed
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gKwNfClK2RU_LVUDl8BxgFXtj_AgD90EUHIO0
Whitman: Stemming world food crisis before its too late
http://www.northjersey.com/news/nationalpolitics/18570359.html
Connecticut Requests Ethanol Waiver
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=DD92002816394DCE838D9F22E2C17485
Land for Largest Field of Swithgrass for Bioenergy Acquired
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2008/05/land-for-larges.html
Growth of ethanol industry likely to boost competition for corn
http://www.iowafarmer.com/articles/2008/05/03/special_section/energy_and_ethanol/003eth3.txt
Chevron notches record first-quarter profit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/03/BUTL10FVD9.DTL
International News
Rising global food prices also due to India’s prosperity: Bush
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/04/stories/2008050460790100.htm
Friday, May 2, 2008
News and Notes - May 2, 2008
UTBI News
GM invests in single-step cellulosic ethanol pioneer Mascoma
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/02/gm-invests-in-single-step-cellulosic-ethanol-pioneer-mascoma/
and http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/business/01ethanol-web.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
and http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/GM_Invests_in_Mascoma_to_Help_Speed_One_Step_Cellulose_to_Ethanol_Process_to_Market-56615.html
US News
How History Will Judge Biofuels
http://www.dtnag.com/dtnag/common/link.do?symbolicName=/free/news/template1&product=/ag/news/topstories&vendorReference=b88006fa-b53c-4980-88e5-e3a4e3a4d33e&paneContentId=50245&paneParentId=70011
US economist says booming ethanol industry will keep corn prices at historic highs
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/01/business/NA-FIN-US-Food-Prices-Congress.php
Molten salts give biofuels a boost
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31595/title/Molten_salts_give_biofuels_a_boost
Sen. Grassley Op-Ed: Ethanol Fact vs. Fiction
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=142739
McCain’s uneasy return to Iowa (Says Farm Bill subsidies are unnecessary)
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/01/mccains-uneasy-return-to-iowa/
Tyson CEO Rails Against Ethanol
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24406481
Democrats Prep Relief Package To Counter Gas Costs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120968752482461319.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Texas researchers develop new biofuels source (more on their new microbe)
http://www.biofuelsbusiness.com/news/enews_stories.asp?ArticleID=93218
Ceres to market biomass crops under Blade label
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1631
International News
The World Food Crisis: Sources and Solutions
http://www.monthlyreview.org/080501magdoff.php
Canada biofuel mandate wins House supporthttp://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0134877320080501
GM invests in single-step cellulosic ethanol pioneer Mascoma
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/02/gm-invests-in-single-step-cellulosic-ethanol-pioneer-mascoma/
and http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/business/01ethanol-web.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
and http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/GM_Invests_in_Mascoma_to_Help_Speed_One_Step_Cellulose_to_Ethanol_Process_to_Market-56615.html
US News
How History Will Judge Biofuels
http://www.dtnag.com/dtnag/common/link.do?symbolicName=/free/news/template1&product=/ag/news/topstories&vendorReference=b88006fa-b53c-4980-88e5-e3a4e3a4d33e&paneContentId=50245&paneParentId=70011
US economist says booming ethanol industry will keep corn prices at historic highs
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/01/business/NA-FIN-US-Food-Prices-Congress.php
Molten salts give biofuels a boost
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31595/title/Molten_salts_give_biofuels_a_boost
Sen. Grassley Op-Ed: Ethanol Fact vs. Fiction
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=142739
McCain’s uneasy return to Iowa (Says Farm Bill subsidies are unnecessary)
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/01/mccains-uneasy-return-to-iowa/
Tyson CEO Rails Against Ethanol
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24406481
Democrats Prep Relief Package To Counter Gas Costs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120968752482461319.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Texas researchers develop new biofuels source (more on their new microbe)
http://www.biofuelsbusiness.com/news/enews_stories.asp?ArticleID=93218
Ceres to market biomass crops under Blade label
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1631
International News
The World Food Crisis: Sources and Solutions
http://www.monthlyreview.org/080501magdoff.php
Canada biofuel mandate wins House supporthttp://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0134877320080501
Thursday, May 1, 2008
News and Notes - May 1, 2008
US News
Meat vs Fuel: Grain use in the U.S. and China, 1995-2008 (PDF Report)
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/MeatvsFuel.pdf
Forum editorial: The culprit is energy, not corn
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=199720§ion=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=30812419&CFTOKEN=53227710&jsessionid=88305f554d2079772336
Molasses eyed as alternative to corn for ethanol plant
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/may/01/0501_molasses/
Kinder Morgan Prepares to Test Shipment of Ethanol Through Pipeline
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0391759.htm
What sort of energy crops might Louisiana grow?
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/energy-crops-0430/
Biotechnology Industry Organization: RFS Waivers Damage Advanced Biofuels Progress
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Biotechnology_Industry_Organization__RFS_Waivers_Damage_Advanced_Biofuels_Progress-56552.html
Novozymes Continues Marked Growth in First-Quarter
http://www.novozymes.com/en/MainStructure/Investor/Stock+Exchange+Announcement/2008/Group+financial+statement+for+first+quarter+2008.htm
Current list of operating ethanol plants in the US
http://ethanolproducer.com/plant-list.jsp
Distillers Grains Price Factors in 2008
http://www.distillersgrainsquarterly.com/article.jsp?article_id=1247&article_title=Distillers%20Grains%20Price%20Factors%20in%202008
International News
UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4q8kai8wWs8kF-Uu82gXluNgjMA
Brazil "throws cold water" on ethanol sector-Unica
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN3055467020080430
Related: Brazilian Ethanol Production Up In 2008; Exports Could Rise 23%
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010809915
Meat vs Fuel: Grain use in the U.S. and China, 1995-2008 (PDF Report)
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/MeatvsFuel.pdf
Forum editorial: The culprit is energy, not corn
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=199720§ion=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=30812419&CFTOKEN=53227710&jsessionid=88305f554d2079772336
Molasses eyed as alternative to corn for ethanol plant
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/may/01/0501_molasses/
Kinder Morgan Prepares to Test Shipment of Ethanol Through Pipeline
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0391759.htm
What sort of energy crops might Louisiana grow?
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/energy-crops-0430/
Biotechnology Industry Organization: RFS Waivers Damage Advanced Biofuels Progress
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Biotechnology_Industry_Organization__RFS_Waivers_Damage_Advanced_Biofuels_Progress-56552.html
Novozymes Continues Marked Growth in First-Quarter
http://www.novozymes.com/en/MainStructure/Investor/Stock+Exchange+Announcement/2008/Group+financial+statement+for+first+quarter+2008.htm
Current list of operating ethanol plants in the US
http://ethanolproducer.com/plant-list.jsp
Distillers Grains Price Factors in 2008
http://www.distillersgrainsquarterly.com/article.jsp?article_id=1247&article_title=Distillers%20Grains%20Price%20Factors%20in%202008
International News
UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4q8kai8wWs8kF-Uu82gXluNgjMA
Brazil "throws cold water" on ethanol sector-Unica
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN3055467020080430
Related: Brazilian Ethanol Production Up In 2008; Exports Could Rise 23%
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010809915
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