News and Notes - June 2, 2008

UTBI News

Tennessee: Switching grass for gas
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/may/31/tennessee-switching-grass-gas/?local

US News

Plant waste biofuels benefit from food debate
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2033403920080602

Food Report Criticizes Biofuel Policies
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/business/worldbusiness/30food.html?_r=3&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Anti-ethanol coalition stokes food versus fuel debate
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=90661

Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for largest US ethanol plant
http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13463&storytopic=4

Sugar-to-ethanol sweetens farm bill
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&ArticleID=41942&TM=3644.022

The Bad News about Ethanol you haven’t heard, yet
http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/316/1/

Report Released: The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity
http://www.usda.gov/oce/global_change/sap_2007_FinalReport.htm

Algae Startups Confront Promise of Miracle Fuel With Big Summer
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4266137.html?series=19

U.S. Development Group opens ethanol terminal in Arlington (TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/05/26/daily30.html

International News

Brazil to defend biofuels at U.N. summit in Rome
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL0178405.html

Yesterday's food complacency proves hard to swallow
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=85623-fao-food-price-summit

Growing bio-fuel demand underpinning higher agriculture prices, says joint OECD-FAO report
http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3343,de_2649_201185_38893378_1_1_1_1,00.html

INTERVIEW-Biofuel programmes need rethink – UNDP
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL29824827

Brazil offers Central America Mercosur and ethanol
http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=13572&formato=HTML

Petrobras plans ethanol export pipelines
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/330170/7/ONART/none/Trasp/1/Petrobras-plans-ethanol-export-pipelines/

Tanzania blows hot and cold over biofuels
http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=22655