News and Notes - Oct. 2, 2008

**Note: Bionews will not be published Friday, Oct. 3 or Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 6-7, 2008**

UTBI-related News

DuPont Biofuels Programs Making Significant Progress With Biobutanol Commercialization and Economic Conversion of Cellulosic Feedstocks for Biofuels
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Biofuels_Programs_Making_Significant_Progress_With_Biobutanol_Commercialization_and_Economic_Conversion_of_Cellulosic_Feedstocks_for_Biofuels-64041.html

US News

How Washington Cripples The Energy Industry
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/10/01/energy-congress-washington-biz-energy-cx_jz_1001energy08_changes.html

Scientists on Cellulosic Fuel: Avoid Mistakes Before They Happen
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/scientists-on-cellulosic-fuel-avoid-mistakes-before-they-happen/?hp

N.Y. Times is wrong says cellulosic industry
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4821

Biofuels Center of North Carolina Expands Board of Director
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=2371&op=t

Energy firms would form 'closed-loop' system of power, fuel
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1916348/

EIA: Biomass, biofuels are largest renewable energy source
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2083

The 'Clean Coal' Myth
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/the_clean_coal_myth.html#more

Ethanol Buzz Fuels Planning by Colonial Pipeline Company
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1391454.htm

Des Moines Ethanol Plant a No-Go
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9104641

Nova Biosource Fuels Announces Credit Facility Amendment for Its Seneca Biodiesel Refinery
http://www.yourrenewablenews.com/news_item.php?newsID=11852

How Biofuels Can Help the UN
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=BiofuelsUpdate&PID=12308279-1d2b-473c-9ce0-1152b88209f3

University of Illinois Soil Scientist: Best Management Approaches Necessary for Sustainable Cellulosic and Grain-Based Biofuels Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/University_of_Illinois_Soil_Scientist__Best_Management_Approaches_Necessary_for_Sustainable_Cellulosic_and_Grain_Based_Biofuels_Production-64043.html

ICM CEO Dave Vander Griend: To Break Dependence on Foreign Oil, America Needs More Flex-Fuel Cars and More Available Ethanol Blends
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ICM_CEO_Dave_Vander_Griend__To_Break_Dependence_on_Foreign_Oil__America_Needs_More_Flex_Fuel_Cars_and_More_Available_Ethanol_Blends-63988.html

Corn tumbles as inventories rise, dollar rallies
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/corn-tumbles-inventories-rise-dollar/story.aspx?guid=%7BCE70CA4B-4709-4BB8-B48C-D0853AEB2E8C%7D&dist=msr_21

King: Tax breaks will boost bailout bill
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS/81001024/-1/ENT06

New Fuels Alliance Blasts Ethanol Lawsuit Filed Today by Tesoro Corporation; Calls Lawsuit Frivolous
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-fuels-alliance-blasts-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7BB2E84A89-45A3-4F1D-834C-D9436CFA4BD2%7D&dist=hppr

Palin not lock step with McCain on energy policy
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6035372.html

New Sugarcanes to Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081002.htm

Pacific Ethanol, VeraSun Energy open to takeover, management says; Pacific CEO says industry needs to consolidate
http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN0152423920081001

International News

Ontario won't increase ethanol targets for gas
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081002.WHBRIEFS02-1/TPStory/National

Brazil’s sugar co-op giant, Copersucar, converts to company; Brazil’s largest producer now aims for 200 percent growth
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/02/brazils-sugar-co-op-giant-copersucar-converts-to-company-brazils-largest-producer-now-aims-for-200-percent-growth/

RWE Innogy announces biomass, biogas plant projects
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2082