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US Biofuels Policy Seeks Balance In Realignment

EPA balances how to make alternative fuel production goals financially attractive to entrepreneurs but also realistic enough to be realized.

by Carey L. Biron

Leaked Report: Corn Ethanol Hurts The Environment

A leaked U.N. report reveals that contrary to popular belief, crops-derived biofuels are actually doing more harm than good.

Leaked Report: Corn Ethanol Hurts The Environment

The world is oil-mad. The global energy drive has taken on the vestiges of a quest: nations wage war for access to other nations’ oil reserves, while economic feuds break out over pricing and delivery schedules. World leaders hustle to ensure that the growing energy demands

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Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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Ethanol’s Rise Can Mean Loss Of Hunting Lands

Booming corn and soy prices mean less native prairie and fewer birds throughout the nation’s corn belt.

Ethanol’s Rise Can Mean Loss Of Hunting Lands

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Pheasants once drew hundreds of weekend hunters to Fairbury, Neb., each fall, filling the 45 rooms at Randy Brown's Capri Motel with sportsmen eager to bag their limits. But times have changed. The native grasslands and milo crops that used to dot surrounding Jefferson County have been overtaken by corn and soy crops.

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Ethanol: Clean Energy Or The Source Of New Environmental Concerns?

Environmental ramifications are causing second thoughts on laws requiring ethanol cultivation.

Ethanol: Clean Energy Or The Source Of New Environmental Concerns?

 

The impacts of ethanol on the nation’s wetlands and conservation sites are becoming more apparent, as farmers take over once-protected land to cultivate corn for the ever-growing ethanol industry -- one initially intended to help the environment.

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Ethanol Proponents Accuse Oil Industry Of Forcing Out The Competition

Senators demand feds investigate allegations that gas station owners are being strong-armed by oil companies.

Ethanol Proponents Accuse Oil Industry Of Forcing Out The Competition

Two senators from farmland states are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations that oil companies pressured gas stations to rig the system to bump ethanol fuel out of the picture.

The allegations claim oil companies targeted independent gas stations, convincing them to allow oil companies to

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