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SUMMARY: Biofuels Factsheet - Download PDF
BIOFUELS CAN ACCELERATE CLIMATE CHANGE
- “Biofuels deemed a greenhouse threat,” New York Times (cover story), Feb. 8, 2008.
- “The Clean Energy Scam,” Time, Mar. 27, 2008.
- “Studies Say Clearing Land for Biofuels Will Aid Warming,” The Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2008.
- Report: Biofuels Accelerate Climate Change. See also, http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
- “Corn Can’t Save Us,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Mar. 18, 2008.
- “Top scientists warn against rush to biofuel,” Guardian News, UK, Mar. 25, 2008.
- “New satellite photos show Amazon deforestation exploding,”
McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jun. 4, 2008.
INCREASED FOOD PRICES
- “U.S. survey ties biofuels to high food costs, hunger,” Environmental News Network , Oct. 29, 2007.
- “The End of Cheap Food,” The Economist, Dec. 6, 2007.
- "World food stocks dwindling rapidly, UN warns," International Herald Tribune, Dec. 18, 2007.
- “The incredible expanding popcorn price,” LA Times, Mar. 15, 2008.
- “Ethanol Demand in U.S. Adds to Food, Fertilizer Costs,” Bloomberg.com, Feb. 21, 2008.
- “Corn Is King - and Therefore a Growing Problem” Los Angeles Times , Mar. 2, 2008.
- “Reduced corn crop forecast plants fears” Los Angeles Times , Apr. 1, 2008.
- “Can't eat ethanol,” The Boston Globe, Apr. 13, 2007.
WORLDWIDE FAMINE & HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
- “Hunger. Strikes. Riots. The food crisis bites,” U.K. Guardian , Apr. 13, 2008.
- “UN: Biofuel Production 'Criminal Path' to Global Food Crisis,” Environmental News Network , May 1, 2008.
- “EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis,” The Guardian, Apr. 19, 2008.
- “U.N. food aid costlier as need soars,” LA Times, Apr. 1, 2008.
- “Food or fuel?: As global starvation worsens, the U.S. plans to devote vast amounts of grain to producing ethanol,” LA Times, Feb. 26, 2008.
- Call for 5 year moratorium on biofuels by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Report to UN General Assembly, p. 8-14.
- “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift, 1729.
LOCAL IMPACTS
- Biofuels and Environmental Justice Presentation, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) - Download PDF, Mar. 8, 2008.
- “Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a ‘Clean’ Fuel” New York Times , Mar. 11, 2008.
- “Addressing Global Warming, Air Pollution Health Damage, and Long-Term Energy Needs Simultaneously,” Mark Jacobson, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University, May 9, 2006.
- “Ethanol: By the Way, You'll Need Water,” solveclimate.com
- “Boater sues over ethanol-laced gasoline's effect on fiberglass fuel tank,” LA Times, Apr. 14, 2008.
- Texas requests waiver from federal biofuels mandate - Download PDF
POLITICS
- "The Ethanol Scam: One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles," Rolling Stone.
- "Driving Under The Influence: The ethanol lobby buys its way into the California legislature," Los Angeles City Beat
- "Critics charge ex-official uses influence to drive alternative energy policy," Mercury News , Dec. 4, 2007.
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