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Ethanol fuel

Brazil trying to reinvigorate sugar ethanol for cars

Environment

Brazil has had a thriving ethanol industry because of a confluence of factors that made ethanol dramatically cheaper than gas. But that’s changed, which has pressured the ethanol industry and Brazil’s government to consider what to do next.

Researcher says rising corn prices could spark global food riots

Experts say effects of U.S. drought likely to ripple across the globe

Environment

Ethanol: Off the radar, but bigger than ever

Environment

Bugs engineered to make biofuels

Environment

Energizing Biofuel

Environment

The agro-energy industry gets nearly three quarters of a billion dollars from the Obama administration — what this means for the future of biofuels.

Global efforts at sustainable development

Development & Education

Efforts to promote sustainable development globally, and the economic, social and environmental impact.

Fueling the food crisis

Business, Economics and Jobs

From ‘Living on Earth’ — some agriculture experts say demand for ethanol is to blame for the global food crisis.

The global food crisis

Development & Education

The worldwide economic collapse has temporarily brought down food prices and turned attention away from the global food crisis.

California’s low-carbon diet

Environment

California has a strict climate emissions law and the state may soon require refiners to reduce carbon in fuels by ten percent by 2020.