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King Corn vents spleen

Why farm-state pols rage against the EPA’s biofuel stance 3
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why are farm-state pols howling against recently proposed EPA rules that don't affect their beloved ethanol program at all? They seem to be anticipating trouble from a coming cap-and-trade scheme.
The Climate Post: The blind press grope the carbon legislation elephant 1
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The first installment in a regular column from The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, rounding up and analyzing the climate news of the week.
Don't be corny

A bad idea, plus lots of cash 7
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
This is a blog post about the intersection of a bad idea and lots of cash--your cash. The bad idea is this: growing crops to ferment and distill them into ethanol for internal-combustion engines.
Biofoolish

The EPA holds corn ethanol accountable ... sort of 18
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The EPA has delivered its much-awaited proposal for evaluating the greenhouse gas-reducing performance of biofuels. Well, actually, the agency delivered two different options, neither of which stands up well to scientific scrutiny.
Guitar Hero?

Taking Neil Young’s latest album out for a spin 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Neil Young's "Fork in the Road" is an eco-themed tribute to America's budding green-car culture. Oh, and a few of the songs are good.
Reflections on Earth Day

Washington state can lead the way to a green economy 6
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Innovators in Washington state are poised to reverse climate change, make our world safer, and create a green 21st century economy -- all by reducing use of fossil fuels.
Bankrupt biofuel barons brawl but Big Bro's budget battered

The Corndoggle 0
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Rot-gut liquor

Amid a sea of troubles, ethanol now has an antibiotics problem 1
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Ah, distillers grains, the leftover mash from the corn-ethanol process. Finding a high-value use for this "coproduct" is vital to the ethanol project. The industry's strategy -- slough it off onto CAFOs -- looks increasingly dicey as problems related to antibiotics emerge.
Pulp nonfiction ... ok I stole that headline from The Nation

U.S. government paying industry to pollute 2
Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago
The U.S. government will pay the paper industry up to $8 billion this year to emit more carbon dioxide.
Blend Wall Follies

EPA to Ethanol Lobby: Drop Dead! 0
Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago
For a while, I was afraid the EPA might actually bow to political pressure and raise the so-called blend wall for ethanol, i.e. the amount of ethanol that can currently be mixed into gasoline and sold at the pump.
Oregon's folly

Oregon tries to undo ethanol leg. while ‘enviros’ lobby for biofuels subsidies 0
Posted 8 months ago
Oregon is struggling to undo bad ethanol legislation.
West coast governors win dunce caps

I-5 to become eco-haven? 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Governors Gregoire, Kulongoski, and Schwarzenegger are supporting a brilliant idea to grab some of the stimulus funds.
Shell: biofuel rocks; solar and wind, not so much

Big Oil [hearts] biofuels 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Biomess 2009

The DOE’s annual biofuels conference doesn’t inspire confidence 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Team Ethanol got together recently at the Department of Energy for Biomass 2009: Fueling Our Future -- a conference on all things biofuel. Needless to say, they're still singing the same old song. More subsidies, a higher blend wall (a cheer that USDA Chief Tom Vilsack knows well) and much crowing over the promise of cellulosic ethanol, which uses "non-food crops" such as switchgrass and wood waste rather than corn.
Looking for work?

African ethanol producers accepting employment applications 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Wanted: Young cane cutters for part time seasonal work. Must be willing to work ten hours a day swinging a machete in tropical sun while wearing gloves, long sleeved shirt, and hat -- no retirement benefits (because you won't live that long). Apply within.
Energy storage, emissions hotspots, waste-to-fuel, and feed-in tariffs again 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
High energy requirements make the manufacture of algal biofuel prohibitive 35
Posted 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Eat fried food, save the planet 3
Posted 9 months ago
Biosphere still being fed to our cars, threatening rainforests 0
Posted 9 months ago
Bob Geldof takes a big ol’ swig of biofuel 6
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago