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 Stories About: agriculture AND biofuels AND climate AND energy AND ethanol
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Corn polls
New surveys suggest changing views on biofuels |
Ron Steenblik |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Biofuel policy has made it to the polls. Yesterday, the National Center for Public Policy Research, a nonprofit, non-partisan educational foundation based in Washington, D.C., released the results of a survey (PDF) conducted at the beginning of this month which claims to have found that most Americans -- 'including those in the Farm Belt' -- want Congress to reduce or eliminate the mandated use of corn ethanol. In response to the key question, 'What do you think Congr ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, climate, energy, ethanol, European Union, politics (all these topics) |
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ILSR, spinning like a top
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JMG |
19 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is really, really sad. A group, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which has done stalwart work on relocalizing the economy, has let their pro-local passion overcome their principles. Now they simply embarass themselves, beating the drums for corn ethanol, using flackery techniques that would do any corporate PR shop proud. Let's start in: New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases Wow, quite a headline, about not one but two studie ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, climate, energy, ethanol (all these topics) |
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Gristmill community chastised!
The global nature of global warming |
biodiversivist |
02 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This is my formal rebuttal to Brooke Coleman (director of the Renewable Energy Action Project), specifically to comments found in Tom Philpott's latest corn ethanol article. I'm using my access to the bully pulpit to pull it out of comments, like I did the last time a corn ethanol enthusiast joined the discussion. Welcome to the best environmental blog on the planet, Brooke. You don't seem to have a very high opinion of this community, but maybe you'll warm up t ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, climate, energy, ethanol, oil (all these topics) |
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