Today in Biofuels Opinion: New York Times essays food vs fuel finger pointing; UK protests as Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation takes effect
The New York Times ran an article titled “Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing” on the pressure building for Western governments to rescind biofuels targets in the face of a global food crisis.
The UK’s Independent ran an article regarding protests in the UK as the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) comes into force today.
The News-Leader ran a column entitles “The Willow Brook Foods bad-news headline would have been more accurate if it announced, “Lost to Ethanol, 780 Local Jobs,” after a local food processing plant closed.
Blogggingstocks reported that “While Al Gore is busy preaching about global warming and environmentalists around the world hail ethanol as a solution to the “global warming” problem, the less fortunate, poorer countries in the world are in the midst of political turmoil as citizens riot and protest over soaring food prices.”
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