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