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European famers turning lands to forest
December 20, 2007, Comments Off on European famers turning lands to forest

The hush-hush regreening of Europe DOUG SAUNDERS, Globe and Mail December 20, 2007 BUAIS, France — To look across the ...

Biofuels – SciDev.Net Report
December 6, 2007, 1 Comment

6 December 2007 Biofuels are described by some as “absolutely catastrophic” because of their potential conse ...

Wednesday Night #1344
December 5, 2007, 6 Comments

Oh the weather outside is frightful And the news is not delightful The pundits’ll trumpet our woes While the count ...

Side effects of ethanol dependency – Update
December 4, 2007, 2 Comments

December 4, 2007 Riots and hunger feared as demand for grain sends food costs soaring Expert to warn industry of threats ...

Wednesday Night #1341
November 14, 2007, 3 Comments

14 November 2007 A few weeks ago, Tony Deutsch suggested as a topic the subject of the New York Times article “The ...

Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial

Sunday, November 11, 2007 Quebec’s decision to back away from developing a corn-based ethanol industry in the prov ...

Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price
September 30, 2007, Comments Off on Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price

Published 30 September 2007 NEVADA, Iowa, Sept. 24 — The ethanol boom of recent years — which spurred a frenzy of di ...

Québec plan to combat blue-green algae
September 26, 2007, Comments Off on Québec plan to combat blue-green algae

26 September 2007 At the end of a day-long forum yesterday on what to do about Quebec’s blooming blue-green algae ...

Supply management costs $300 per family
September 12, 2007, Comments Off on Supply management costs $300 per family

Marcel Boyer, (Marcel Boyer is vice-president and chief economist at the Montreal Economic Institute. He holds the Bell ...

Plant wood, not wheat, to reduce C02: report
August 17, 2007, Comments Off on Plant wood, not wheat, to reduce C02: report

Harper committed to biofuel; Forests cleared to grow ‘energy crops’ MARGARET MUNRO, CanWest News Service Res ...