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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/24/waxman_markey_compromises/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/24/waxman_markey_compromises/index.html?source=rss Stopping climate change won't be easy if everybody who squawks gets a free pass By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/03/palm_oil_slurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/03/palm_oil_slurs/index.html?source=rss Concern about climate change is just cover for a plot to crush upstart Asian competitors to Western fuel companies By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/07/anti_climate_change_democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/07/anti_climate_change_democrats/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/06/obama_and_biofuels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/06/obama_and_biofuels/index.html?source=rss Mixed signals emerge from the White House on the pros and cons of corn-based ethanol. By David Ehrlich Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/30/sapphire_racks_up_another_win_for_airline_algae/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/30/sapphire_racks_up_another_win_for_airline_algae/index.html?source=rss By Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/29/zeachems_lab_from_termite_gut_bugs_to_biofuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/29/zeachems_lab_from_termite_gut_bugs_to_biofuel/index.html?source=rss By Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/19/range_fuels_clinches_80m_usda_loan_guarantee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/19/range_fuels_clinches_80m_usda_loan_guarantee/index.html?source=rss By Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/09/verenium_just_cranking_up_demo_plant_no_word_on_commercial_plant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/09/verenium_just_cranking_up_demo_plant_no_word_on_commercial_plant/index.html?source=rss By Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/07/zeachem_piles_on_34m_for_cellulosic_ethanol_plant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/07/zeachem_piles_on_34m_for_cellulosic_ethanol_plant/index.html?source=rss By Josie Garthwaite Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/07/continental_gives_flight_to_algae_jatropha_jet_fuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/07/continental_gives_flight_to_algae_jatropha_jet_fuel/index.html?source=rss By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/12/china_grain_harvest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/12/china_grain_harvest/index.html?source=rss In China a big grain harvest is pushing prices down and imperiling farmers' livelihoods. Time to prescribe some ethanol? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/27/food_and_fuel_revisited/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/27/food_and_fuel_revisited/index.html?source=rss Commodity grain prices are collapsing. Perhaps biofuels were not the primary villain in the global food crisis? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/08/biofuel_bombshell_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/08/biofuel_bombshell_2/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/04/biofuel_food_price_bombshell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/04/biofuel_food_price_bombshell/index.html?source=rss The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/27/ethanol_economics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/27/ethanol_economics/index.html?source=rss Industry capacity hits a new high, even as a dozen companies file for bankruptcy. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/25/biofuels_and_food_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/25/biofuels_and_food_prices/index.html?source=rss How much do energy crops contribute to food price hikes? Depends how you count By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/12/record_rice_harvest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/12/record_rice_harvest/index.html?source=rss The 2008 rice harvest will be the biggest of all time. That's a good thing too, because our appetites keep growing By Michael T. Klare Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/24/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/24/oil/index.html?source=rss In the new world order, energy scarcity will dominate our lives -- determining when we drive, if we travel, and what we eat. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/03/grease_heist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/03/grease_heist/index.html?source=rss A grease bandit gets nabbed outside a Burger King in Morgan Hill, Calif. Used french fry oil never smelled so sweet By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/31/corn_soybeans_and_oats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/31/corn_soybeans_and_oats/index.html?source=rss Soybeans are back in farmer favor as fertilizer prices spike. But whatever happened to oats? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/26/breadbasket_inflation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/26/breadbasket_inflation/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/omnivore_s_new_dilemma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/omnivore_s_new_dilemma/index.html?source=rss Cheap corn made America fat. So what's expensive corn going to do? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/24/ethanol_vs_gasoline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/24/ethanol_vs_gasoline/index.html?source=rss As California hammers out its Low Carbon Fuel Standard, getting the science right on biofuels is no easy task By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/11/hawaiian_algae_biofuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/11/hawaiian_algae_biofuel/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/31/diaper_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/31/diaper_power/index.html?source=rss A source of power that will never be exhausted.