News and Notes - May 27, 2008

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