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/