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Stopping climate change won't be easy if everybody who squawks gets a free pass
By Andrew Leonard
June 24, 2009
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Concern about climate change is just cover for a plot to crush upstart Asian competitors to Western fuel companies
By Andrew Leonard
June 3, 2009
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A prominent Democrat vows to oppose any attempt to restrict greenhouse gas emissions, while declaring that biofuel critics are "in bed with big oil."
By Andrew Leonard
May 7, 2009
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Mixed signals emerge from the White House on the pros and cons of corn-based ethanol.
By Andrew Leonard
May 6, 2009
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By David Ehrlich
January 30, 2009
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
January 29, 2009
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
January 19, 2009
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
January 9, 2009
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
January 7, 2009
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By Josie Garthwaite
January 7, 2009
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In China a big grain harvest is pushing prices down and imperiling farmers' livelihoods. Time to prescribe some ethanol?
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2008
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Commodity grain prices are collapsing. Perhaps biofuels were not the primary villain in the global food crisis?
By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 2008
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But did Bank president Robert Zoellick just say that the Bush administration's figures on food prices were not to be believed?
By Andrew Leonard
July 8, 2008
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The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.
By Andrew Leonard
July 4, 2008
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Industry capacity hits a new high, even as a dozen companies file for bankruptcy.
By Andrew Leonard
June 27, 2008
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How much do energy crops contribute to food price hikes? Depends how you count
By Andrew Leonard
June 25, 2008
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The 2008 rice harvest will be the biggest of all time. That's a good thing too, because our appetites keep growing
By Andrew Leonard
May 12, 2008
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In the new world order, energy scarcity will dominate our lives -- determining when we drive, if we travel, and what we eat.
By Michael T. Klare
April 24, 2008
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A grease bandit gets nabbed outside a Burger King in Morgan Hill, Calif. Used french fry oil never smelled so sweet
By Andrew Leonard
April 3, 2008
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Soybeans are back in farmer favor as fertilizer prices spike. But whatever happened to oats?
By Andrew Leonard
March 31, 2008
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Wheat prices are out of control. Corn and soybeans and rice, too. Is this good or bad news for the biotech industry, and Africa?
By Andrew Leonard
February 26, 2008
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Cheap corn made America fat. So what's expensive corn going to do?
By Andrew Leonard
February 1, 2008
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As California hammers out its Low Carbon Fuel Standard, getting the science right on biofuels is no easy task
By Andrew Leonard
January 24, 2008
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Shell and a Hawaiian start-up announce plans to make biofuel from algae, but take pains to note that genetic modification will not be involved. Why?
By Andrew Leonard
December 11, 2007
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A source of power that will never be exhausted.
By Andrew Leonard
October 31, 2007