Financiers question corn's day in sun for ethanol
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Blog: Although long-term prospects for ethanol are positive, experts warn that corn-based ethanol investments could hit snags.
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Wind is filling the sails of the alternative energy industry after repeated past false starts, bringing big business and the green movement into an uneasy partnership -- as investors smell money.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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Hundreds of investors controlling $20 trillion in capital came searching for answers Thursday on how to put a price on carbon emissions blamed for global warming and create a new Â and lucrative Â economy based on cleaner sources of energy.
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By John Edison, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 20--Alerus Securities has entered into an agreement with a company behind a Richardton, N.D., corn-to-ethanol plant to act as a qualified matching service for trading membership units.
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Fools share their thoughts on ethanol and energy.
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Congress should eliminate a $5  billion a year farm subsidy and find less expensive ethanol  subsidies, said two former U.S. Senate majority leaders and  farm-program guardians on Wednesday.
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By Jay Burney  The newly proposed ethanol production facility, announced for downtown Buffalo, may carry with it some seriously negative environmental and economic consequences.  For instance, the U.S.
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University of Minnesota scientists recently reported research results  indicating that biofuels derived from grassland plants yield up to twice  as much energy, per unit of land, as corn-based ethanol does.
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New strains of  genetically modified corn will play a key role in meeting  soaring demand as U.S thirst for ethanol fuel cuts into  supplies, a top seed company scientist said on Friday.
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Some venture capitalists, who've seen improving conditions in recent years for taking companies public and cashing out investments, are worried the turbulence that has roiled financial markets this summer could spill over into their investment niche.
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A coalition of environmental activists and investors are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to require companies to disclose the risks that climate change may pose to their bottom lines.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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Ethanol is boosting one farm equipment manufacturer's bottom line.
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Iowa residents notice the White House hopefuls who regularly tour their state, one of the nation's premier agriculture regions, don't mention farming much, but they love ethanol. Other ag issues may take a backseat, but a pro-ethanol stance translates to farm support -- it means high prices for corn and soybeans.
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By DIRK LAMMERS SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - President Bush's proposed budget would put a land conservation program that protects some 35 million acres on hold in favor of boosting corn production to meet the growing demand for ethanol.
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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.