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Europe has too much wine. But does converting the excess into biofuel make even drunken sense?
By Andrew Leonard
June 26, 2007
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What do Chinese government policy toward cellphones and corn-based ethanol have in common?
By Andrew Leonard
June 13, 2007
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A tale of farmers, fertilizer and the future's insatiable demand for excrement.
By Andrew Leonard
May 30, 2007
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The president's ethanol push is discouraging the industry from investing in new refinery capacity, executives say. What does the White House think of that?
By Andrew Leonard
May 24, 2007
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Which is the bigger threat to Brazil's rain forest: Locally grown sugar cane, or American corn?
By Andrew Leonard
May 17, 2007
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Who's the culprit in Japan's fruit juice price hikes? Florida weather or Brazilian sugar cane?
By Andrew Leonard
May 11, 2007
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First there was a sugar rush. Then a gold rush. Both left unsightly scars on the history of Brazil. What will the ethanol rush bequeath?
May 2, 2007
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All hail the soil scientist: the future of humanity is crumpled in their hands
By Andrew Leonard
April 26, 2007
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In search of a better way to make biofuels, scientists simulate the hunger of a famous fungus with their "virtual microscope."
By Andrew Leonard
April 25, 2007
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Michael Pollan is optimistic that the time has come to remake the farm bill. Has he been to South Dakota lately?
By Andrew Leonard
April 23, 2007
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If the foreign investment in the Brazilian ethanol industry constitutes a new "Great Game," who might end up the loser? A lesson from Afghanistan.
By Andrew Leonard
April 18, 2007
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Robert Rapier, the blogosphere's most dedicated crusader against corn-based biofuel, gets sick in Scotland
By Andrew Leonard
April 6, 2007
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John Deere, the tractor manufacturer, can't get enough of that biofuel love.
By Andrew Leonard
March 29, 2007
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Biofuel demand is boosting sales of the latest biotech crop products.
By Andrew Leonard
March 26, 2007
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Talking that "free trade" talk, the president heads to Brazil to pump up ethanol. Why would anyone doubt his sincerity?
By Andrew Leonard
March 7, 2007
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The president is all smiles as he hypes biofuels in North Carolina, but his budget requests tell a different story.
By Andrew Leonard
February 22, 2007
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Can Coca-Cola's corporate woes be blamed on ethanol?
By Andrew Leonard
February 20, 2007
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Genetically modified maize meant for biofuel production will get into human food supplies.
By Andrew Leonard
February 13, 2007
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Easy. Just get everyone in the world to play by an entirely new set of rules.
By Andrew Leonard
February 6, 2007
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Looking for a cheap sugar-cane-crushing mill? Try calling Lahore.
By Andrew Leonard
February 6, 2007
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The president is planning to pump up ethanol, again, in his State of the Union speech. But where will all the corn come from?
By Andrew Leonard
January 23, 2007
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An enyzme here, an enzyme there, pretty soon you're talking serious ecological mayhem.
By Andrew Leonard
January 17, 2007
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If we can't stop creeping bentgrass from running amok, how can we hope to contain energy super-crops?
By Andrew Leonard
December 8, 2006
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Farmers of the world rejoice: The price of corn keeps rising.
By Andrew Leonard
November 21, 2006
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The price of corn is rising in the Midwest. So is globalization bashing.
By Andrew Leonard
November 6, 2006
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