4,074 posts tagged Ethanol
SubscribeCan We Use Polar Bears to Make Ethanol?
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Time to Repeal the Ethanol Mandate by Ben Lieberman and Nick Loris
http://www.theabsurdreport.com/ 2008/ time-to-repeal-the-ethanol-mandate-by-ben-…Time to Repeal the Ethanol Mandate by Ben Lieberman and Nick Loris The Bear on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Energy Policy Though intended to help consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol mandate has done just the opposite, contributing to high food and gas prices with little environmental benefit.
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Beyond The Mainstream Media: Understanding The Food Crisis
http://www.teambio.org/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ beyond-the-mainstream-media-understanding-…When I traveled around the world, one of the most notable differences was the character and content of television news. The primary distinction seems to be a matter of depth…meaning the news in other regions isn’t just presented in short sound bites. Granted, we have programs in the U.S.
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Beyond The Mainstream Media: Understanding The Food Crisis
http://allspinzone.com/ wp/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ beyond-the-mainstream-media-understand…When I traveled around the world, one of the most notable differences was the character and content of television news. The primary distinction seems to be a matter of depth…meaning the news in other regions isn’t just presented in short sound bites. Granted, we have programs in the U.S.
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Biofuels and the Rise of Nationalistic Environmentalism
http://www.theoildrum.com/ node/ 3992(Type a title for your page here) This is a guest post by Alexis Ziegler. Alexis is a communitarian, builder, orchardist and environmental activist living in central Virginia. He is the author of a recently published book, Culture Change: Civil Liberty, Peak Oil, and the End of Empire.
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What the Governor said to Scott Heidepreim…. on Ethanol
http://dakotawarcollege.com/ archives/ 4011The Governor has apparently been reading the coverage on the ethanol issue, and recently sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Scott Heidepreim to help him clear up his ‘misconceptions’ about the blended ethanol pump issue. At least, ‘misconceptions’ as far as the Gov is concerned.
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Redundant Ethanol Subsidies
http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ redundant-ethanol-subsidies.htmlThe proposed farm bill just sent to President Bush (and expected to be vetoed) contains several ethanol provisions. One is to cut the corn ethanol subsidy from $0.51/gal to $0.45/gal. Forbes explains: Ethanol For Everyone! It also includes $1 billion for energy-related programs, including several provisions related to ethanol and other biofuels.
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Brazilian ministry of environment quits
http://www.energyrefuge.com/ blog/ brazilian-ministry-of-environment/Alarming news from Brazil this week: Marina Silva, the woman considered to be the guardian angel of the Amazon forest, walked out of the Lula government as she became tired of fighting a losing battle in a government that has sold its sould to ‘economic development’, which in this case I would call economic genocide.
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Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Holds Renewable Fuels Meeting
http://www.biodieselinvesting.com/ biodiesel-archives/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ energy-and-…Ethanol Producer Magazine reports that the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing recently held a meeting to talk about issues, opportunities, and implementation for the new renewable fuels standard the requires 36 billion gallons a year by 2022.
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Farm Bill Passes the Senate
http://farmersforobama.org/ farms/ farm-bill-passes-the-senate/The Farm Bill we wrote on yesterday has passed the Senate with a remarkable 81-15 majority. Politico reports on the controversial bill here. The bill offers mild reform for farm subsidies by capping government payments to the wealthiest farmers, but this is just one of two main aspects as reported
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Is Corn Ethanol Lowering Gas Prices at the Pump?
http://www.cleantechblog.com/ 2008/ 05/ is-corn-ethanol-lowering-gas-prices-at.h…Despite providing the largest portion of alternative fuel in the US, corn ethanol gets a lot of flack in the circles Cleantech Blog runs in. The usual culprits go something like this: Corn ethanol is heavily subsidized (yes it is). Corn ethanol does not reduce greenhouse gas emissions (sort of, it really, really depends on your assumptions).
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