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RIT Students Learn About Sweetwaters Plant-Sugar Mixture for Production of Biofuels

2013-07-25 08:45:36| Sugar Industry News

A collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technologys Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences and Sweetwater Energy Inc. will give students experience with the Rochester-based company that has a sweet and sustainable niche.

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Economist Set to Testify on Biofuels Policy

2013-07-24 00:09:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Purdue University On Wednesday, Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt will testify in Washington, DC before a congressional panel considering whether law requiring production of biofuels should be altered to meet changing conditions. Hurt will explain how the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 has been a boon to crop producers, such as corn growers, but also has helped to drive prices for animal feed and food for people higher by requiring a significant portion of the crops go to the production of ethanol. read more

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EU lawmakers deal a blow to crop-based biofuels

2013-07-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: EU efforts to limit the use of crop-based biofuels, increasingly seen as doing the planet more harm than good, won parliamentary backing on Thursday in what a top biodiesel company called "a very bad blow". The vote in the European Parliament's environment committee will be followed by a plenary vote, expected in September. It will also require endorsement by EU member states, which are deeply divided on the issue. Environmental campaigners said Thursday's vote marked progress towards more...

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Biofuels: have we lost the plot?

2013-07-10 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: I am in the African agriculture sector providing farming machinery and spare parts to my customers in Africa. I have also spent lots of time out there in Nigeria, Zambia and other places on farms. In Brazil, where there is a big sugar cane industry, biofuel is produced as a by-product which is an excellent idea. Unfortunately in Africa, there has been a trend towards growing crops for bio fuels. I am very against this idea primarily because crops should be grown for human consumption. I also...

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