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