Monday, May 12, 2008

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

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