Sunday, November 16, 2008

News and Notes - Nov. 14, 2008

Feature Article

Biofuels and Commodity Turbulence
http://www.climatechangecentral.com/publications/c3-views/october-2008/biofuels-and-commodity-turbulence

Agriculture, food prices, and ethanol.....

US News

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Are Biofuels To Blame? It's Not Easy Being Green
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122636711059015989.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Ethanol start-up Mascoma sheds staffers (inc. Its President)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10097227-54.html

Reaping a new harvest (POET)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081113/NEWS/811130311/1001

Are alternative fuels reliving the 1980s?
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/06/are-alternative-fuels-reliving-the-1980s/

EPA Must Propose a Science-Based Fuel Rule That Advances Innovation and Protects the Environment, Groups Say
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/EPA-Must-Propose-a-Science/story.aspx?guid=%7BC27A23AD-CAB3-4ED6-A73E-23D0918BFD63%7D

David C. Aldous to Join Range Fuels as CEO
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/David-C-Aldous-Join-Range/story.aspx?guid=%7BC4DD5E2C-9E09-4426-BDD3-7388976B3C36%7D

Canola still a bit player in U.S. Biodiesel
http://www.country-guide.ca/west/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=92295&issue=11142008&story_id=&PC=FBC

Company introduces dual-auger grain cart for moving corn, cobs or mix for cellulosic ethanol
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1226594666017.xml

Obama likely to tackle energy early on
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6102884.html

Obama's Energy Department
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/11/obamas_energy_department.html#more

Is Ethanol Dead? Not So Fast
http://seekingalpha.com/article/104940-is-ethanol-dead-not-so-fast

Getting the Blend Truth: Does Ethanol Hurt Your Car's Performance?
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2781105.html

Forget Corn: Mushrooms May Hold Key to Energy Crisis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aIyXpm.N6zW4&refer=healthcare

Understanding land use change and U.S. ethanol expansion: A Report
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/2041/final_land_use_1110_w_execsumm.pdf

Pacific Ethanol Q3 loss reaches $54.9M, shares tumble 16 percent
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/11/10/daily11.html

(Algae) Biodiesel plant with Binghamton roots rejects $1M Pennsylvania grant (Could not meet production goals)
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20081110/BUSINESS/811100413

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces First Grind at Ethanol Plant Near Obion, Tennessee
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Green-Plains-Renewable-Energy-Inc/story.aspx?guid=%7B091F405E-A465-460C-9685-CD27DCA5BF0F%7D

Long Corn? Former Iowa Governor In Lead For Agriculture Secretary
http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/long-corn-former-iowa-governor-in-lead-for-agriculture-secretary-

The search for alternative aviation fuels: understanding the challenge
http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=308

Ethanol makers push U.S. to boost fuel blend rate
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AA7IW20081111

The Behind-the-Scenes Struggle Over Ethanol
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/11/11/the-behind-the-scenes-struggle-over-ethanol.html

USDA Crops Harvest Estimates
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/11/10/usda-corn-soybeans-markets-commodities-cx_mp_1110markets33.html

Predicting U.S.-Brazil Ethanol Policy
http://www.as-coa.org/article.php?id=1335

Researchers push butanol as biofuel answer
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D94CU6V80.htm

Winn Ranger District uses wood for electricity
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20081107/NEWS01/811070337

$40M going into ethanol project (Kinder Morgan pipeline project)
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/11/10/story6.html?b=1226293200%5E1728900

VeraSun forecasts drastically higher 3Q loss
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/13/business/NA-US-VeraSun-Outlook.php

World Ethanol Market to Reach 27.7 Billion Gallons by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts
http://www.prweb.com/releases/ethanol/fuel/prweb1584644.htm

Raven Biofuels and Price BioStock Target Mississippi Site for Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Raven-Biofuels-Price-BioStock-Target/story.aspx?guid=%7B17727342-414C-4AEF-887B-28CF88CC602C%7D

Raven Biofuels Signs MOU With Kamloops Indian Band for Feedstock and Biorefinery Development
http://www.ravenbiofuels.com/investors/release.asp?numb=270

Purdue: More Research Needed To Make Good On Biofuel Promise
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=268428

IEA Says Fading Oil Production Threatens Supply
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122653421496622523.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Noble Foundation receives funds to study switchgrass
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5056

Pickens sees government move on his energy plan soon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081112/ts_nm/us_pickens_1

Oil Majors Await Obama's Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122601818295907041.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Poet’s first commercial corn cob harvest set for 2009
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5051

 Firefighters learn how to strike ethanol fires
http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_314215113.html

The Future of Midlevel Blends
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5009

Virent announces new board appointments and future CEO
http://www.virent.com/News/press/11-13-08_Virent_Announces_New_Board_Appointments_and_Future_CEO.pdf

UI economist predicts agricultural recession
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/13/3786569.htm

Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy hangs on, hopes for a market turn
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=105377

International News

Air New Zealand to test biofuel on flight (Dec. 7)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/12/content_10344419.htm

Eight nations warn EU over biofuel barriers
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-36366820081106?sp=true

Creating an International Renewable Energy Agency
http://www.irena.org/

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