US News
Farm bill attracts criticism at WTO talks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080526/pl_nm/trade_wto_farm_usa_dc_2;_ylt=AuN4X4xLE9u.9uSDeLKmt6QE1vAI
U.S. Military Launches Alternative-Fuel Push
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121134017363909773-lMyQjAxMDI4MTIxMTMyNDEwWj.html
Corn-ethanol not the ‘answer’ to energy needs
http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=452&ArticleID=159545&TM=32672.43
ISU economist says corn farmers getting "bad rap"
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=17A0EFCE-9E12-7F93-0A22532DD717A77A
Supply-demand imbalance boosts oil prices
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/26/BUHH10S61B.DTL
Cost of oil only start of what's behind price of gasoline
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5799891.html
Fledgling U.S. biodiesel industry facing tough times
http://es.quote.com/news/story.action?id=KNS146g4196
National Biodiesel Board: Don't Give Up on Energy Independence
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/National_Biodiesel_Board__Don_t_Give_Up_on_Energy_Independence-57674.html
Palm Coast wary of ethanol plant
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Flagler/flaFLAG11HEAD02052608.htm
Sugar may be stirred into the ethanol mix (Imperial Sugar looking to build a large plant)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5799692.html
Nation’s largest biodiesel facility commences production
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/26/greenhunter-stars-production-at-105-mgy-biodiesel-plant-nations-largest/
Monroe (MO) City ethanol plant update (Ed. - Cancelled due to feedstock costs)
http://www.khqa.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=138715
Hopewell on verge of ethanol facility (Ed. – Company wants to build 4 facilities in the southeast, starting in VA)
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-05-25-0230.html
International News
WWF urges Brazil biofuel projects (Ed. – Their report says ethanol production is not having a significant impact on food production, and that it is not contributing to deforestation in the Amazon.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7420770.stm
Oil price mocks fuel realities
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE24Dj02.html
Ethanol boom brings change to Brazil cane growers
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN26342117
Sweden announces “verified sustainable” ethanolhttp://www.canadiandriver.com/thenews/2008/05/26/sweden-announces-“verified-sustainable”-ethanol.htm
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
News and Notes - May 23, 2008
US News
Problems with Congress override of farm bill (Ed: Title III, dealing with trade and food aid was the part left out of the package sent to the White House. The debate now is whether or not the remainder of the bill will go into effect or if the whole thing will need to be resubmitted.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html
and http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amLpoRc81U8Y&refer=home
Release from oil reserve rejected
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5797594.html
Sen. Lugar Op-Ed: Energy & Food Security Both Necesssary
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143223
BlueFire sees big cellulosic growth in five years
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infoId=17996
Ethanol and Food Prices - Preliminary Assessment
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ageconfacpub/49/
Baylor Awarded $492,000 to Study Ways to Make Ethanol Cheaper to Produce
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=51031
General Motors, Discovery Communications Form Media Partnership on First-Ever 24/7 'Green' Network, Planet Green
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/general-motors-corporate/0040621-general-motors-discovery-communications-form-media-partnership-firs
Ethanol group responds to criticism with statewide radio campaign
http://www.madison.com/tct/news//287767
UT research into cheap fuel breakthrough (Univ. of Toledo)
http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=136169
BIO analyzes farm bill provisions for advanced biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1651
International News
Evidence that Ethanol Works (Brazil)
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/22/evidence-that-ethanol-works/
UN climate chief says biofuels necessary in future
http://www.pr-inside.com/un-climate-chief-says-biofuels-necessary-r604112.htm
Husky turns to corn at Minnedosa ethanol plant (due to rising wheat costs)
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/story/4176483p-4765242c.html
Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13960-huge-hidden-biomass-lives-deep-beneath-the-oceans.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Canadian biofuels help economy, don't have negative impact on food prices
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/article/303172
UN rights council targets trade, biofuels in food crisis debatehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/sc_afp/unrightsinflationfoodpoverty_080522164949
Problems with Congress override of farm bill (Ed: Title III, dealing with trade and food aid was the part left out of the package sent to the White House. The debate now is whether or not the remainder of the bill will go into effect or if the whole thing will need to be resubmitted.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html
and http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amLpoRc81U8Y&refer=home
Release from oil reserve rejected
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5797594.html
Sen. Lugar Op-Ed: Energy & Food Security Both Necesssary
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=143223
BlueFire sees big cellulosic growth in five years
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infoId=17996
Ethanol and Food Prices - Preliminary Assessment
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ageconfacpub/49/
Baylor Awarded $492,000 to Study Ways to Make Ethanol Cheaper to Produce
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=51031
General Motors, Discovery Communications Form Media Partnership on First-Ever 24/7 'Green' Network, Planet Green
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/general-motors-corporate/0040621-general-motors-discovery-communications-form-media-partnership-firs
Ethanol group responds to criticism with statewide radio campaign
http://www.madison.com/tct/news//287767
UT research into cheap fuel breakthrough (Univ. of Toledo)
http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=136169
BIO analyzes farm bill provisions for advanced biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1651
International News
Evidence that Ethanol Works (Brazil)
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/22/evidence-that-ethanol-works/
UN climate chief says biofuels necessary in future
http://www.pr-inside.com/un-climate-chief-says-biofuels-necessary-r604112.htm
Husky turns to corn at Minnedosa ethanol plant (due to rising wheat costs)
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/story/4176483p-4765242c.html
Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13960-huge-hidden-biomass-lives-deep-beneath-the-oceans.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Canadian biofuels help economy, don't have negative impact on food prices
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/article/303172
UN rights council targets trade, biofuels in food crisis debatehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/sc_afp/unrightsinflationfoodpoverty_080522164949
Thursday, May 22, 2008
News and Notes - May 22, 2008
US News
House Overrides Veto of Farm Bill: Glitch May Force Repeat of the Process (Ed: Apparently the House Clerk left off a section of the Farm Bill when it was sent to the President, so they will likely have to start the whole process over again. Since he did not see the whole bill, the veto apparently does not count.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101313.html?hpid=topnews
and http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/bush.farmbill.ap/index.html
Crude sets new mark above $135
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/markets/oil.ap/index.htm
Global pulpwood prices reached new records in 1Q 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=2602
Clearing the Air: Outdoor Wood Boilers Face Regulation
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=2584
Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies
http://www.suntimes.com/business/964699,CST-FIN-ethanol22.article
Sununu backs freeze on corn ethanol
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Sununu+backs+freeze++on+corn+ethanol&articleId=01e39d26-5872-49ab-9ecb-2076f7f5541e
Switchgrass varieties currently on trial at four locations in California
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-varieties-0521/
Riding the rails
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4143
The Genetics of Ethanol Production
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4147
1 more biodiesel plant up, running: Annual capacity 10 million gallons at state’s 3rd site (Arkansas)
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/may/22/1-more-biodiesel-plant-running-20080522/?subscriber/national
Corn grown for ethanol feeds feud over food: Detroit automakers may have to shift focus as voices rise against biofuel
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS01/805220385/1002/BUSINESS
Skyrocketing Oil Prices Stump Experts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100386.html?hpid=topnews
And in a true, but humorous story…..
Molson Coors will fuel DNC vehicles with ethanol from waste beer
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/19/daily30.html
International News
Raven Partners With Spectrum Energy to Develop Biofuels in British Columbia, Canada
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0399429.htm
Energy crops take a roasting (A new process to improve combustion)
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529455
House Overrides Veto of Farm Bill: Glitch May Force Repeat of the Process (Ed: Apparently the House Clerk left off a section of the Farm Bill when it was sent to the President, so they will likely have to start the whole process over again. Since he did not see the whole bill, the veto apparently does not count.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101313.html?hpid=topnews
and http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/bush.farmbill.ap/index.html
Crude sets new mark above $135
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/markets/oil.ap/index.htm
Global pulpwood prices reached new records in 1Q 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=2602
Clearing the Air: Outdoor Wood Boilers Face Regulation
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=2584
Ethanol turmoil a serious threat to some companies
http://www.suntimes.com/business/964699,CST-FIN-ethanol22.article
Sununu backs freeze on corn ethanol
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Sununu+backs+freeze++on+corn+ethanol&articleId=01e39d26-5872-49ab-9ecb-2076f7f5541e
Switchgrass varieties currently on trial at four locations in California
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-varieties-0521/
Riding the rails
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4143
The Genetics of Ethanol Production
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4147
1 more biodiesel plant up, running: Annual capacity 10 million gallons at state’s 3rd site (Arkansas)
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/may/22/1-more-biodiesel-plant-running-20080522/?subscriber/national
Corn grown for ethanol feeds feud over food: Detroit automakers may have to shift focus as voices rise against biofuel
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS01/805220385/1002/BUSINESS
Skyrocketing Oil Prices Stump Experts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100386.html?hpid=topnews
And in a true, but humorous story…..
Molson Coors will fuel DNC vehicles with ethanol from waste beer
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/19/daily30.html
International News
Raven Partners With Spectrum Energy to Develop Biofuels in British Columbia, Canada
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0399429.htm
Energy crops take a roasting (A new process to improve combustion)
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529455
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
News and Notes - May 21, 2008
US News
Wall Street Journal’s “Khosla's Conspiracy”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121123877696104955.html
Vinod Khosla’s letter regarding Wall Street Journal article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949134-60.html
Khosla’s Food Vs. Fuel Presentation Script
http://khoslaventures.com/presentations/FOODvFUEL.pdf
Anti-ethanol Lobby Launches "Food Before Fuel Campaign"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4111889.shtml
IA Sen. Grassley Urges GMA Member Company Workers to Voice Disappointment With Ethanol Smear Campaign
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IA_Sen__Grassley_Urges_GMA_Member_Company_Workers_to_Voice_Disappointment_With_Ethanol_Smear_Campaign-57526.html
New Ethanol Legislation Could Hit Hard
http://investerms.com/top_news/382.html
More research needed on cellulosic ethanol: Borlaug
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=8494
New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks (Invasive Plants)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?_r=3&hp&oref&oref=slogin
Crude's Price Surge Attracts Oil-Field Thieves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121132645628208717.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Athena Recieves DOE Grant for Ethanol Microbe Research
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52520
Minnesota Passes Statewide B20 Mandate
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52535
Our opinion: Biofools
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/20/our-opinion-biofools/
AU researchers show off way to turn wood to watts
http://nrmdi.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/wood-to-watts-biomass-gasification/
International News
Don’t blame biofuels for food shortage
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/dont-blame-biofuels-for-food-shortage/774581.aspx
EU defends biofuels policy amid rising food prices
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6415190.html
Indonesia considering mandatory use of biofuel
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINJAK14435720080521?sp=true
Angola: Portuguese investors want to produce sugar cane in Zaire province
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=5398
First Draft of Oil Palm Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-21-2008/0004818112&EDATE=
Wall Street Journal’s “Khosla's Conspiracy”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121123877696104955.html
Vinod Khosla’s letter regarding Wall Street Journal article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949134-60.html
Khosla’s Food Vs. Fuel Presentation Script
http://khoslaventures.com/presentations/FOODvFUEL.pdf
Anti-ethanol Lobby Launches "Food Before Fuel Campaign"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4111889.shtml
IA Sen. Grassley Urges GMA Member Company Workers to Voice Disappointment With Ethanol Smear Campaign
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IA_Sen__Grassley_Urges_GMA_Member_Company_Workers_to_Voice_Disappointment_With_Ethanol_Smear_Campaign-57526.html
New Ethanol Legislation Could Hit Hard
http://investerms.com/top_news/382.html
More research needed on cellulosic ethanol: Borlaug
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=8494
New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks (Invasive Plants)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?_r=3&hp&oref&oref=slogin
Crude's Price Surge Attracts Oil-Field Thieves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121132645628208717.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Athena Recieves DOE Grant for Ethanol Microbe Research
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52520
Minnesota Passes Statewide B20 Mandate
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52535
Our opinion: Biofools
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/20/our-opinion-biofools/
AU researchers show off way to turn wood to watts
http://nrmdi.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/wood-to-watts-biomass-gasification/
International News
Don’t blame biofuels for food shortage
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/dont-blame-biofuels-for-food-shortage/774581.aspx
EU defends biofuels policy amid rising food prices
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6415190.html
Indonesia considering mandatory use of biofuel
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINJAK14435720080521?sp=true
Angola: Portuguese investors want to produce sugar cane in Zaire province
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=5398
First Draft of Oil Palm Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-21-2008/0004818112&EDATE=
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
News and Notes - May 20, 2008
US News
Administration allies strike against ethanol critics
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/administration-allies-strike-against-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7B7707E9FB%2D2ABF%2D45B0%2D9152%2DFA723939225E%7D&dist=hplatest&dist=dist_smartbrief&dist=dist_smartbrief
Bush: Saudi oil move won't fix problem, U.S. must aid self
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5787377.html
U.S. presidential candidates’ views on biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1645
When cars compete with people for food
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/IN3R10MGP4.DTL
US, Brazil blame soaring food prices on trade restrictions
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805200950.htm
US March Ethanol Imports Down, According To Early EIA Data
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221641
So You Think Gas Costs a Lot? (Commentary on Diesel prices)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/automobiles/18PRICE.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
U.S. stops filling oil reserve: Move fails to halt rising crude prices, which hit record $126.29 a barrel
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/BUN510O3MC.DTL
Termites hold clue to replace corn in ethanol
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-tech-notebook-miscanthusmay19,0,4954773.story
Ethanol plants alter farming landscape
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/05/18/planting_season.ART_ART_05-18-08_D1_JOA7GFL.html
Is Florida's big ethanol investment worth the risk?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/food/orl-ethanol2808may19,0,7556324.story
Farm Bill Promotes Cellulosic Ethanol
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/18/farm-bill-promotes-cellulosic-ethanol/
Ethanol Regains Some Luster
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/19/pacific-ethanol-corn-markets-equity-cx_ra_0519markets27.html
What Hoosiers Think About Ethanol
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00886_What_hooisers_think_191955.php
International News
Big Oil Steps Into Brazilian Ethanol
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52475
Can biomass clean China’s air?
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1646
U.S. Wants China to Enter IEA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121127520932506675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
MEP seeks Europe-wide ban on 'splash and dash' biofuel trading (shipping B100 to US, adding a splash of diesel and shipping it back to the UK to get the $1.00 gallon blending credit from US)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/19/biofuels.alternativeenergy
Mexico President Calderon Cautious On Using Food For Biofuels
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222775
Brazil's Sao Paulo state suspends new ethanol plants pending environmental study
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/16/afx5019776.html
WEF: 'Biofuel production is driving up food prices'
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article3964943.ece
PvT Capital and Greenfield JV on Chernobyl ethanol plan
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/20/pvt-capital-and-greenfield-jv-on-chernobyl-ethanol-plan/
Key lawmaker urges EU to scrap 10 pct biofuel target
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINL1651093020080516
Ghana: food or biofuels
http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/ghana-food-or-biofuels/
Administration allies strike against ethanol critics
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/administration-allies-strike-against-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7B7707E9FB%2D2ABF%2D45B0%2D9152%2DFA723939225E%7D&dist=hplatest&dist=dist_smartbrief&dist=dist_smartbrief
Bush: Saudi oil move won't fix problem, U.S. must aid self
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5787377.html
U.S. presidential candidates’ views on biofuels
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1645
When cars compete with people for food
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/IN3R10MGP4.DTL
US, Brazil blame soaring food prices on trade restrictions
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805200950.htm
US March Ethanol Imports Down, According To Early EIA Data
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=221641
So You Think Gas Costs a Lot? (Commentary on Diesel prices)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/automobiles/18PRICE.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
U.S. stops filling oil reserve: Move fails to halt rising crude prices, which hit record $126.29 a barrel
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/BUN510O3MC.DTL
Termites hold clue to replace corn in ethanol
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-tech-notebook-miscanthusmay19,0,4954773.story
Ethanol plants alter farming landscape
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/05/18/planting_season.ART_ART_05-18-08_D1_JOA7GFL.html
Is Florida's big ethanol investment worth the risk?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/food/orl-ethanol2808may19,0,7556324.story
Farm Bill Promotes Cellulosic Ethanol
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/05/18/farm-bill-promotes-cellulosic-ethanol/
Ethanol Regains Some Luster
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/19/pacific-ethanol-corn-markets-equity-cx_ra_0519markets27.html
What Hoosiers Think About Ethanol
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/00886_What_hooisers_think_191955.php
International News
Big Oil Steps Into Brazilian Ethanol
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52475
Can biomass clean China’s air?
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1646
U.S. Wants China to Enter IEA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121127520932506675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
MEP seeks Europe-wide ban on 'splash and dash' biofuel trading (shipping B100 to US, adding a splash of diesel and shipping it back to the UK to get the $1.00 gallon blending credit from US)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/19/biofuels.alternativeenergy
Mexico President Calderon Cautious On Using Food For Biofuels
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=222775
Brazil's Sao Paulo state suspends new ethanol plants pending environmental study
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/16/afx5019776.html
WEF: 'Biofuel production is driving up food prices'
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article3964943.ece
PvT Capital and Greenfield JV on Chernobyl ethanol plan
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/05/20/pvt-capital-and-greenfield-jv-on-chernobyl-ethanol-plan/
Key lawmaker urges EU to scrap 10 pct biofuel target
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINL1651093020080516
Ghana: food or biofuels
http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/ghana-food-or-biofuels/
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