Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue
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What's the closest thing in politics to a religious experience? The ethanol conversion.
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Science & environment: Concerns about adverse environmental impacts prompt review of drive to run vehicles on biofuels
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Crop switch likely to increase emissions Good science news (or bad, depending on your point of view) has arrived with two reports on the carbon footprint of biofuels, in the paper edition of Science magazine. They deal serious damage to the belief - which up to now has been driving the biofuel bubble - that stepped-up ethanol production in the US is an answer to global warming.â¦
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Democratic presidential candidate  John Edwards on Thursday unveiled an energy proposal that  rivals plans by fellow candidates in the race toward boosting  the use of ethanol in the United States.
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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So far much of the talk has centered around the higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. But lost in the dialogue are measures to increase ethanol production by a huge amount.
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Fears of world food shortages caused by booming use of sugar cane and corn to produce ethanol fuel for motor vehicles are overblown and politically motivated, analysts and politicians said on Monday.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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Ethanol is the currently the star of biofuels but new mandates will spur development of synthetic biofuels that mimic fossil fuels, says policy analyst.
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The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.
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In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
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DURBAN, Sep 27 (IPS) - Biofuels offer Africa the chance to supply itself  with alternative energy sources, and also to become a major  supplier of these sources for developed markets. Yet, challenges  -- from creating the relevant infrastructure to competition for  biofuel crops from food markets -- remain.
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As President Bush and congressional leaders rally support for their ambitious biofuel proposals, one ingredient is often left unstated: the cost.
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Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new research suggests that some biofuels are less ecofriendly than they seem.
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With several panels dedicated to biofuels at the AAAS annual meeting, the sustainability of growing a large percentage of our transportation fuel is emerging as a major theme of the conference. Alexis Madrigal reports from Boston.
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By MICHAEL ASTOR RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A proposed ethanol alliance that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to forge with President Bush later this week poses both opportunities and risks for the environment, a top U.N. environmental official said Monday.
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Bacteria in termite guts could make ethanol from noncorn sources cheaper.