News and Notes - July 23, 2008

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Featured Article

Due to editor travel status, the featured article section will not appear today.

US News

Big business concocts link of biofuels, food costs
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1093638.html

Guidance on Harvesting Woody Biomass for Energy in Pennsylvania
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/PA_Biomass_guidance_final.pdf

Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080720092205.htm

Global Warming, Jet-A Prices 'Fueling' Interest in Alternative Gas
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=bca&id=news/bca0708p2.xml&headline=Global%20Warming,%20Jet-A%20Prices%20'Fueling'%20Interest%20in%20Alternative%20Gas

Quest for alternative fuels starts with an engine at Argonne National Laboratory
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-omnivore-21-jul21,0,2358184.story

EPA delays ruling on ethanol mandate waiver until August
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/07/22/epa-delays-ruling-on-ethanol-mandate-waiver-until-august/
And http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDyeJXvXPlyzNgI9KKjsSwkkch3QD9235ACOD

VeraSun: North Dakota ethanol plant starting up
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/cdc7064909affd3ec17e512525264cc6.htm

The Byproducts of Biodiesel Production Are Valuable Organic Acids, Researchers Say
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53116

Steelman aims for votes from ethanol-weary livestock farmers (MO)
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Jul/20080722News019.asp

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Names Joseph R. Skurla President: Brings Fuel and Refinery Expertise to the Joint Venture
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dupont-danisco-cellulosic-ethanol-llc/story.aspx?guid=%7BCEE6CF64-A6EA-471E-BEE1-4FA310E4B4E8%7D&dist=hppr

Beef Tallow to Fuel Nebraska Biodiesel Plant
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/07/21/beef-tallow-to-fuel-nebraska-biodiesel-plant/#comment-89724

Cow power could generate electricity for millions
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=531092

International News

Biofuels industry grows in Latin America
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2145608720080721

Biofuels depriving world of 100 million tons of cereals: FAO chief
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Biofuels_depriving_world_of_100_million_tons_of_cereals_FAO_chief/articleshow/3261616.cms

For Caribbean, Rum More Interesting Than Ethanol
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=238914

Regulatory Guidance - Ethanol Distillers' Grains for Livestock Feed (Canada)
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/feebet/pol/distillerse.shtml

Brazilian ethanol plants to get $260m loan
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f6fd598-5811-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.html

Arroyo calls for acceleration of biodiesel production
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080721-149835/Arroyo-calls-for-acceleration-of-biodiesel-production