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World Bank responds to Guardian biofuel report
Bank chief Zoelick hints his old boss Bush is full of it on biofuels and food prices |
Tom Philpott |
09 Jul 2008 |
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| As I reported a few days ago, the Guardian recently uncovered what it called a 'secret' World Bank assessment holding U.S. and European biofuel boosterism largely responsible for the recent run-up in global food prices. You know, the one that has pushed 50 million new people under the poverty line globally, and essentially priced tens of millions of already-poor folks out of food markets. (The government-engineered biofuel boom has also unleashed a veritable tsunami of ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, food, international politics, politics, World Bank (all these topics) |
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