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