News and Notes - Oct. 31, 2008

US News

Ethanol's environmental advantage over petrol confirmed by US study
http://sl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/finance/ethanols-environmental-advantage-over-petrol-confirmed-by-us-study/1347304.aspx

Kinder Morgan, Central Florida Pipeline batch ship ethanol
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/11/03/story2.html
   
Biomass conversion technology development
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-31/Biomass_conversion_technology_development/

Clemson to lead effort to reduce state dependence on oil
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-31/Clemson_to_lead_effort_to_reduce_state_dependence_on_oil/

Survey Identifies New Media's Influence on Energy & Environmental Reporting: Clean Tech Journalists Unconvinced of US Ability to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Brodeur-Partners-NYSE-OMC-914780.html

Falling gas prices could help economy, but will impact ethanol industry
http://www.theindependent.com/news/x635419903/Falling-gas-prices-could-help-economy-but-will-impact-ethanol-industry

Corn Growers Research Non-Fuel Ethanol Use
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/10/31/corn-growers-research-non-fuel-ethanol-use/

Aventine Reports 3rd Quarter Earnings
http://www.aventinerei.com/pdfs/Aventine%203rd%20Quarter%20Earnings.pdf

Wisconsin undergraduate team tackles biofuels challenges
http://www.news.wisc.edu/15867

First Biofuel Flight Across America
http://www.mmdnewswire.com/first-biofuel-flight-across-america-4072.html

ACE: Ethanol Continues to Help Cut Dependence on Foreign Oil
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ACE__Ethanol_Continues_to_Help_Cut_Dependence_on_Foreign_Oil-65513.html

International News

Energy sapped from Brazilian renewables
http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?contentid=5742

Biofuels a potential tool for social development
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145336

India, Brazil, South Africa turn their attention to renewables
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145797

Grain likely to remain off the biofuels crop list (South Africa)
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145346

Kenya sees $500 mln biofuels investment in 2 years
http://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnJOE49T0T1.html