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IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Divan & Kreikebaum	Biofuels Aren't Really Green Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels. The model we constructed showed that there is simply not enough land and water to support a prosperous biofueled world.
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IDB America July 2005 Roger Hamilton	Art with a machete Farmers, in the community of El Arbolito in Guatemala's northern department of Peten, sculpt ornamental plants to please the European market.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006	What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret.
Chemistry World April 2009	The biofuel future The chemistry to convert waste into fuels is now being tested at pilot plants around the world. We may have the science, but are governments and industry ready, asks Emma Davies
BusinessWeek February 5, 2007 Carey & Carter	Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten.
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future.
IDB America April 2008 Luis Alberto Moreno	Green Energy Allies or Biofuel Antagonists? Small developing countries in Latin America that are heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels have especially compelling reasons to invest in biofuels.
Chemistry World May 2008 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Reap what you sow The biofuel backlash is in full swing. It's being driven by rising food prices; farming subsidies that look more suspicious by the day; and a general feeling that people have been conned.
Fast Company November 19, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt	Department of Energy's Blake Simmons Makes Fuel Out Of Plants Investors, researchers, and executives are discovering new ways to make and use biofuels.
Chemistry World February 7, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Biofuel Carbon Debt May Take Centuries to Repay Most biofuels may increase greenhouse gas emissions because clearing grassland or forest to plant them releases carbon dioxide.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Adrienne Carter	Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn?
Chemistry World May 2008 Jeremy Tomkinson	The biofuel backlash The author argues that legitimate concerns about sustainability should not derail the whole biofuel enterprise.
Geotimes March 2007 Rick Zalesky	Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles.
Chemistry World September 25, 2012 Najafpour et al.	Running on Sun We imagine a future where a substantial portion of our energy is met by solar fuels, leaving the task of food production to natural photosynthesis. This comes with the caveat that plants, algae and cyanobacteria be used to produce high value carbon compounds as well as biofuels
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 David Schneider	Biofuel's Water Problem Irrigating biofuel crops on a grand scale would be disastrous. When water enters the equation, biofuels are a lot less attractive than the stuff they're replacing.
Chemistry World May 14, 2013 Emma Stoye	Scientists to crowdsource power plant data US researchers at Arizona State University are enlisting the help of citizen scientists to map carbon dioxide emissions from power plants around the world.
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Information Today January 15, 2015	Nature Publishing Group Publishes Plant Sciences OA Journal Nature Publishing Group's Nature Plants is the first journal in the field to feature research across the plant sciences.
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Food Processing April 2007 Dave Fusaro	ADM's Big Bet on Fuel It's always been part food company and part ingredient company, but now add fuel company to the description of Archer Daniels Midland Co.
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Amber Dance	Peering Back in Time Joseph P. Noel wants to use paleontology to learn how plants endured history's harsh climates and how to ready crops to face severe conditions in the future.
Chemistry World May 2011 Bea Perks	Editorial: Biofuel ethics A new report calls on the UK government to encourage research into new types of biofuels that need less land, produce fewer greenhouse gases and do not compete with food production.
Chemistry World April 4, 2008 Sean Milmo	EU Biofuel Firms Face Cloudy Future The surge in biofuels is faltering in the face of soaring raw materials costs and a massive amount of overcapacity in both bioethanol and biodiesel.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Biofuels Industry at Crossroads as Military Waits for Lower Prices Military leaders like to say that their aircraft, ships and personnel can't tell the difference between petroleum and biofuel. But their budgets can.
Chemistry World September 12, 2012 Jon Evans	Drawing maps to hunt for biological gold Pharmaceutical companies should pay more attention to traditional medicine, say UK researchers. This follows their discovery that genetically-similar plants have traditionally been used to treat the same conditions in widely separated parts of the world.
Fast Company October 1, 2007 Cora Daniels	Fats Talk: A Shining Biofuel Success Patricia Woertz, a veteran of Chevron and Gulf Oil, plans to increase ADM's focus on ethanol and other biodiesel fuels.
Geotimes July 2006 Linda Rowan	Expanding Nuclear Options The Bush administration recently proposed significant changes to U.S. nuclear policy to resolve some of our current waste disposal problems and to accelerate the development of new nuclear power capacity.
Fast Company December 2008 Sara D. Anderson	Husk Power Systems: Rice-Fired Electricity University of Virginia business students Chip Ransler and Manoj Sinha recently devised a way to give people in India their own form of energy independence by turning rice husks into biogas, which fuels mini power plants.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Rich Smith	Are Coal Stocks Really Diamonds? The high cost of natural gas could be a significant boost to the demand for coal. Based on levels of supply and demand, are coal-fired plants making better profits than natural-gas-fired plants? The author takes a look at what he views as an emerging trend -- and offers his thoughts on some potential diamonds in the rough.
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency.
Chemistry World October 12, 2009 Sarah Houlton	EC pushes renewables research The European Commission has called for a dramatic increase in investment in low carbon technologies to address climate change and secure the future energy supply.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Prachi Patel-Predd	U.S. Military in Hunt for Bio-based Jet Fuel The U.S. Department of Defense is pumping millions of dollars into projects to turn organic matter into jet fuels. If the military projects succeed, they could become a catalyst for planet-friendly commercial aviation technologies.
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro	ConAgra Foods Offers Practical View of Sustainability ConAgra Foods' view on green or sustainable food manufacturing is an outgrowth of the company's philosophy on good corporate citizenship.
IndustryWeek July 20, 2011 Frank Andorka	With Ethanol Getting Clipped, What's Next? As the battle over ethanol heats up, the next generation of biofuels waits for its moment in the spotlight.
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Fast Company October 2008 Elizabeth Svoboda	The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency A California biotech firm claims a gene that makes plants use nitrogen more efficiently can transform agriculture, make lots of money -- and slash greenhouse-gas emissions.
Chemistry World May 8, 2009 James Urquhart	US biofuel funding boost The US biofuel industry has been given a funding boost and a policy makeover by the US administration, guiding the nation towards a more energy independent and environmentally friendly future, say officials.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers.
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IEEE Spectrum November 2008	Electrical Engineering Leader Casts Doubt on Biofueled Future Georgia Tech's Deepak Divan finds that Earth's land and water cannot sustainably support the most ambitious visions for ethanol or biofuels. But he sees great promise in other renewable energy.
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National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 John Garippa	Aging Industrial Plants Worthy of a Tax Discount While it may have been costly to build industrial plants, no evidence exists that the facilities would ever sell for the same use. For tax assessment purposes, taxing authorities must not look to the current use of the property. Rather, their focus must be on the market value in exchange.
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