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Palm Leader? Palm oil may be certified sustainable, some greens skeptical		26 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 2:22 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Hoping to quell criticism from biofuel bashers, palm-oil producers have drawn up criteria for certifying their product as sustainable. It's a nice idea, but green group Friends of the Earth has threatened to withdraw its support of the standards, saying that Malaysia and Indonesia -- which together produce nearly 85 percent of the world's palm oil -- are using the voluntary initiative as a ...
Topics: biofuels, deforestation, energy, Friends of the Earth, Indonesia, Malaysia, news (all these topics)

The cash nexus Is there really so much money in environmental devastation that it can't be stopped?	Tom Philpott	26 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, Brazil, business, Canada, energy, oil (all these topics)

Asking the wrong questions An alternative view on biofuels, from a Briton in Sudan	Ron Steenblik	24 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, climate, energy (all these topics)

French connections Is it something in the air?	Ron Steenblik	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, ethanol, France (all these topics)

Greased lightning	Clark Williams-Derry	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy (all these topics)

They Were Cobbed Busting ethanol market bad news for investors		19 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:02 AM on 19 Nov 2007 The U.S. ethanol boom has been brought up short by market glut, making corn-based fuel "2007's worst energy investment," a Bloomberg News Service article declared today. President Bush made ethanol a centerpiece of his energy plan and lavished it with subsidies; ethanol distilleries that went up quickly in anticipation are now having to shut down. Producer Pacific Ethanol Inc., backed by Mi ...
Topics: Big Ag, biofuels, business, energy, ethanol, news (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, ethanol, quotables (all these topics)

Independent Qu�bec Backing away from corn ethanol	Ron Steenblik	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, biofuels, ethanol, Quebec, politics (all these topics)

Toxic optimists vs. plaid shirts Delusional Beltway optimism about energy	Michael Tobis	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, ethanol, hybrids, cars, books, energy, climate (all these topics)

Masters of their domain Politicians and the art of deception	biodiversivist	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

WTF happened to a 'new direction'? Obama condemns mining reform package as too hard on the mining industry	David Roberts	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Barack Obama, biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, mining, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Who are you calling sensible, punk? Hillary Clinton struggles to explain away her previous opposition to corn ethanol	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Monbiot lays it on the line Politicians here and abroad are refusing to listen to arguments against biofuels	biodiversivist	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy (all these topics)

Clinton's climate and energy plan Some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of Hillary's new proposal	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, business, carbon trading, climate, climate equity, coal, elections, energy, energy efficiency, Hillary Clinton, politics ... (all these topics)

'Mideast Oil Forever?': Part III Abandoning the solution	Joseph Romm	04 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, hydrogen, oil (all these topics)

Bush names a new USDA chief The former governor of North Dakota loves biofuel and GMOs	Tom Philpott	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Agriculture, GMOs, agriculture, biofuels, politics, industrial ag (all these topics)

High crop prices, more chemicals All hail the biofuel boom	Tom Philpott	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: industrial ag, energy, biofuels, business, agriculture (all these topics)

I Pity the Fuel Oxfam warns Europe's biofuel boom likely to worsen plight of world's poor		01 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 7:45 AM on 01 Nov 2007 The anti-poverty charity Oxfam said this week that the European Union's rush to biofuels could hit the world's poor quite hard. The group released a report about the issue suggesting that without proper controls to make the biofuels boom sustainable and more just, it's likely to threaten the food supply and provide a large incentive to heavily concentrate land ownership for ...
Topics: biofuels, European Union, news (all these topics)

Bali burning Amazing helicopter footage of Greenpeace in the Indonesian peat bogs	Glenn Hurowitz	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, biofuels, deforestation, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, Indonesia, politics (all these topics)

Get your industrial agrodiesel here Profit motive is eating the planet	biodiversivist	18 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy, grassroots activism, local politics, politics, Seattle (all these topics)

Kill King Corn Nature on ethanol	David Roberts	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol (all these topics)

Free e-book on biofuels and water	JMG	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, books, energy (all these topics)

We'll Worry About This Later Boosting crops for fuel will hurt water supplies, says report		10 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:02 PM on 10 Oct 2007 Increased production of corn and other crops to fulfill America's biofuel gluttony could threaten both availability and quality of water supplies, according to a report released today by the National Research Council. Fulfilling President Bush's stated goal of producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2017 "would mean a lot more fertilizers and pesticides&quo ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, energy, ethanol, news, scientific research, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

A slew of new reports on biofuel subsidies Evaluating U.S. and EU policies	Ron Steenblik	10 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, energy (all these topics)

He's even lazy about pandering Fred Thompson half-heartedly justifies flip-flop on ethanol	David Roberts	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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