Wednesday, July 2, 2008

News and Notes - July 2, 2008

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US News

USDA revises forecast for corn (and futures prices fall 10%)
http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2008/07/02/news/50000282.txt

Who can afford corn? Almost no one, Purdue economist says
http://www.county29.net/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15714&Itemid=99999999

U.S. ethanol shares face uncertain future
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0129604920080701

The Ethanol Backlash
http://www.newsweek.com/id/32930

Crop's high price kills profit for ethanol plants
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=423244

Nova Biosource Fuels advances Seneca biodiesel facility
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2506

Survey: 3 out of 4 Americans expect $5 per gallon gas by Labor Day, support sweeping energy/climate action
http://www.CleanEnergyAction.net/062608release.cfm

Ethanol producer VeraSun Energy gets new chairman
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/07/01/ap5171527.html

Range Fuels Appoints John Winter as Vice President of Process Engineering
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Range_Fuels_Appoints_John_Winter_as_Vice_President_of_Process_Engineering-59742.html

Steelman  (MO Gov. Candidate) calls for end to ethanol mandate
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/NEWS01/807020506

Rendell's Energy Plan Cut By $200 Million (PA)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1457548/rendells_energy_plan_cut_by_200_million/

Flooded Rail Lines Drown Ethanol Routes  
http://cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=233555

How Ethanol Fuels the Food Crisis
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080528faupdate87376/c-ford-runge-benjamin-senauer/how-ethanol-fuels-the-food-crisis.html

New Fuel Plan for Little Rock's City Vehicles
http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/news/?cid=79341

UMass studies alternative ethanol sources
http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1214900207174281.xml&coll=1

International News

G-8 to seek widespread use of new biofuels from nonfood materials
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91L3NI01&show_article=1

Global Ethanol & Biodiesel Outlook: 2008-2015 available (sign-up required)
http://www.globalbiofuelscenter.com/Spotlight.aspx?Id=32

UN reports big jump in `green energy' investment
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/07/01/ap5174239.html

Abengoa's misuse of our name is reprehensible
http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/6/Abengoas-misuse-of-our-name-is-reprehensible/

Brazil fines 24 local ethanol producers for environmental crimes
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/01/business/LA-Brazil-Ethanol-Fines.php

Bio-fuel board to promote, monitor industry on cards (India)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Bio-fuel_board_to_promote_monitor_industry_on_cards/articleshow/3182367.cms

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