http://dir.salon.com/topics/ethanol/?source=rss&aim=ethanol en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Joe Conason Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/18/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/18/cuba/index.html?source=rss Let's seize the potential of the nation's sugar-based ethanol -- before China beats us to it. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/19/corn_cobs_to_the_rescue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/19/corn_cobs_to_the_rescue/index.html?source=rss The nation's biggest ethanol firm says costs for corn-cob biofuel are coming down. But what happens to the soil? By Gabriel Winant Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/17/pollan_vilsack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/17/pollan_vilsack/index.html?source=rss What America's top advocate for agricultural reform thinks about Obama's pick for Secretary of Agriculture. By Joseph Romm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/20/biofuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/20/biofuel/index.html?source=rss President Bush signed a new energy bill Wednesday, betting the farm that corn ethanol is the best alternative fuel for the future. It isn't. By Amanda Griscom Little Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/17/biden_qa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/17/biden_qa/index.html?source=rss The presidential candidate says failing to address climate change would lead to new wars and a changed U.S. military. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/06/sierra_nevada_ethanol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/06/sierra_nevada_ethanol/index.html?source=rss Show Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who's boss. Chug a Pale Ale today. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/17/tom_vilsack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/17/tom_vilsack/index.html?source=rss Monsanto likes the former Iowa governor and ethanol booster. Is that enough of a reason for greenie food activists to despair? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/06/phosphate_lead_poisoning/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/06/phosphate_lead_poisoning/index.html?source=rss A science journal details an indirect connection between phosphate-based fertilizers and lead poisoning By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Alex Koppelman Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/23/obama_ethanol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/23/obama_ethanol/index.html?source=rss In an article implicitly critical of the biofuel, the paper explores Barack Obama's position on it and his ties to the industry. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/obama_mccain_food_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/obama_mccain_food_prices/index.html?source=rss McCain attacks Obama for supporting tariffs that raise the cost of groceries. If he's talking about Brazilian ethanol, he might have a case. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/23/when_corn_senators_attack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/23/when_corn_senators_attack/index.html?source=rss Defenders of ethanol, unite -- you have nothing to lose, except maybe your subsidies. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 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 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/mexican_ethanol_economics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/mexican_ethanol_economics/index.html?source=rss Follow these rules and you will get social justice, a healthy environment and renewable energy. It's easy! By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/lula_biofuels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/lula_biofuels/index.html?source=rss Brazil's president, Lula, appears on Charlie Rose, and suggests rich countries should treat biofuel imports as "reparations" By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/10/ethanol_labor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/10/ethanol_labor/index.html?source=rss Are the machete-wielding workers who slave in Brazil's sugar cane fields a liability for multinational agribusinesses? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/baked_goodness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/baked_goodness/index.html?source=rss Global inventories of the grain are plunging and prices are surging. Is the biofuel boogeyman to blame? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/23/food_vs_fools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/23/food_vs_fools/index.html?source=rss The price of corn is on the rise, the price of sugar is in decline. So which one makes more sense as a biofuel feedstock? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/29/corn_harvest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/29/corn_harvest/index.html?source=rss New figures show American farmers planting even more corn than was previously estimated. And South American farmers are wasting no time following suit.