China to establish 13.33 million hectares of forest by 2020 for energy

Biopact has a summary of the Chinese Forestry Administration's recent announcement that they will be establishing large forests for energy production in the next 13 years.

Dr. Joe Bozell, UT Biochemist on Cleveland Public Radio

Appearing on The Sound of Ideas: Biomass Technology on Monday, July 23, Dr. Joe Bozell of the UT Forest Products Center, discussed the role biomass can play in our energy future. He also talked about polymers based on biochemicals and how fuels are not the only benefit to biomass use. You can listen to the hour-long show on the web or download it as a podcast to your iTunes. The website is http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/2007/07/23/

Battle over ethanol benefits

Another CNN-Money.com piece
This article looks at the battle between groups that promote corn-based ethanol and those that criticize it. The groups highlighted here include Food & Water Watch, New Energy Choices, the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, and Ethanol Across America.

Farm bill planting energy seeds

From CNN-Money.com
"As the five-year spending plan heads for a full House vote this week, advocates praise bipartisan effort while foes still find weaknesses." This article is a brief summary of the new farm bill that came out of the House Ag committee. See the article here.

Mascoma and Michigan State to partner

Mascoma and Michigan State University are partnering to build a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant. this plant would be a $100 million investment. See more from the State News.