News and Notes - April 30, 2008

U.S.

American grocers, farmers face off over ethanol subsidies
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g77dUkPltIcIo2Re8wgFUUNZXOaw

Republicans Become Source of Opposition to Ethanol Mandates as Food Prices Rise
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353249,00.html

Bush backs ethanol despite concern about food costs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7491658

Farm Bill conference committee expected to vote this week; biodiesel tax break gone; ethanol tariff extended to 2010
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/04/30/farm-bill-conference-committee-expected-to-vote-this-week-biodiesel-tax-break-gone-ethanol-tariff-extended-to-2010/

Ethanol Industry supports Farm Bill changes
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/04/28/ethanol-industry-supports-farm-bill-changes/

Far from disaster, biofuels do good for state
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=743817

Future Fuels May Forever Be Under Media Attack
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3941

Sen. Domenici aims to lift fuel restriction on military
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/327255/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Domenici-seeks-repeal-of-section-in-Defense-bill/

International

Fiat to launch ethanol truck engine in Brazil
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN2934520620080429

Biofuel tech companies look for market niche
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Biofuel_tech_companies_look_for_market_niche/articleshow/2997057.cms

GM plants to provide plastic alternative
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/29/2230630.htm?section=australia

World food price crisis blamed on government neglect
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13801-world-food-price-crisis-blamed-on-government-neglect.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

UP (India) govt. permits sugar mills to make ethanol from sugarcane
http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20080430143803179&dir=2008/04/30&secID=livenews

And a little humor for the day…

Stephen Colbert Breaks Down The Ethanol Debate. Which, incidentally, will help us defeat soccer.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/04/29/stephen-cobert-breaks-down-the-ethanol-debate/

News and Notes - April 29, 2008

UTBI in the News:

Mascoma and UT join in $26 million DOE grant
http://www.oakridger.com/news/x170778935

Other News:

Senate proposes $1.01 per gallon ethanol tax credit; ethanol tariff 50/50 chance of expiring this year, analyst projects
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/04/29/senate-proposes-101-per-gallon-ethanol-tax-credit-ethanol-tariff-5050-chance-of-expiring-this-year-analyst-projects/

Biofuel production is ‘criminal path’ leading to global food crisis: UN expert
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36701&Itemid=2

Bring on the right biofuel crops
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/opinion/opinion/bring-on-the-right-biofuel-crops/1233084.html

Key farm-state lawmakers shifting support to cellulosic fuel
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2008/04/28/1/

A cleaner fuel print: Ethanol-blended fuels are coming to a gas station near you -- sooner than you might think (Florida preparing to mandate E10)
http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/510253.html

Monsanto enters partnership to make biofuel from grass
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/B96ABAEA7E180F9E8625743A000CB246?OpenDocument

Biotech execs say biofuels no threat to food supply
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2815629620080428

Testing the Water
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3981

Flocks Or Feedstocks (CRP Land Debate)
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3983

News and Notes - April 28, 2008

Farm bill boosts nutrition and cuts ethanol credit (by 6 cents, buts creates new credit for cellulosic ethanol)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2540678920080425

Trade war brewing over US biofuel subsidies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/biofuels.oil

Coskata to build demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant in Pennsylvania
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1625

Oklahoma to seed over 1,000 acres to switchgrass
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1624

Analyst says end of ethanol oversupply in sight
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/25/ap4935452.html

Why biofuels have backfired
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=27faf0f6-9547-488f-ac83-385968fb6427

Lula to rich nations: 'Stop your hypocrisy,' buy Brazil biofuel
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2uh668bubJikiI0j8wYhWFfrmlg

E-Fuel Microfueler Saviour For Luxury Gas Guzzlers
http://www.lussorian.com/luxury/comments/e-fuel-microfueler-saviour-for-luxury-gas-guzzlers/2008-04-27/

Texas wants waiver from federal ethanol standard
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5732067.html and
http://www.canadiandriver.com/thenews/2008/04/27/texas-wants-waiver-from-federal-ethanol-standard.htm

USDA, DOE secretaries: Time article misses the mark
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1622

The New Economics of Hunger
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042602041.html

Brazil trip opens French lawmakers' eyes to biofuel vs. food debate
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hAK94VOY_vuqAsD5Fx48Qfv-6fyw

News and Notes - April 25, 2008

UTBI in the News:

Farmer says ethanol not to blame for rising food prices (One of UT’s switchgrass producers, text and video)
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8223492

Other News:

Crop management strategies key to a healthy Gulf, planet
http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20080421-00

More Americans Worry About Energy Issues, Poll Finds, Than Home Foreclosures, Jobs or Global Warming
http://sev.prnewswire.com/oil-energy/20080424/DC2040124042008-1.html

BP buys into Brazilian ethanol venture ($560 million)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3811697.ece

Ethanol Maker Buys Exxon's Brazil Outlets
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120906245128342251.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Biobutanol: The Next Big Biofuel?
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1605

Coskata: Biomass choices are nearly limitless
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1587

MSU releases third corn variety for cellulosic ethanol
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1602

Ethanol facility not really ‘pork’
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=59786

Food Crisis Starts Eclipsing Climate Change Worries
http://www.nysun.com/news/food-crisis-eclipsing-climate-change

China meat consumption change uses more grain than US ethanol industry, Biofuels Digest study reports
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/04/25/china-meat-consumption-change-uses-more-grain-than-us-ethanol-industry-biofuels-digest-study-reports/

Hungry Like the Ethanol Wolf
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjM2MjcxYTkxYzc1Nzk5YWM1YTAzODM0MmQ5YWVlZWQ=

Texas Gov Mulls Seeking Waiver From US Renewable Fuel Rule
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=216460

News and Notes - 4/24/08

Upcoming Seminar: Discuss the Food vs. Fuel Bioenergy Debate Friday - http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/article.php?pk=760

Chattanooga: Mixed fuel for your tank (UTBI highlighted)
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/apr/24/chattanooga-encouraging-ethanol/

Networks Ignore Government's Role in Ethanol-Driven Global Food Crisis (ABC, NBC and CBS news networks ran 69 stories about corn ethanol since January 2007)
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080423140642.aspx

Farm Income Up, but Subsidies Stay
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/washington/24farm.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Thai PM lashes out at World Bank over biofuel criticism
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/04/22/afx4916972.html

Newly Created Microbe Produces Cellulose And Sugars For Biofuels
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423115917.htm

Goldman Sachs Says Window `Closing Fast' for Oil Drop
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=ak.l581GZlBA&refer=energy

Praising petroleum
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/04/23/Opinion/Praising.Petroleum-3343202.shtml

Far from Middle East, U.S. farmland yields new oil
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSN1639518620080424

Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Director Nuernberg: Biofuels Not at Fault in Food Crisis
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Ethanol_Promotion_and_Information_Council_Director_Nuernberg__Biofuels_Not_at_Fault_in_Food_Crisis-56176.html