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What a Difference a Year Has Made for Ethanolnew

Touted as the solution to global warming and dependency on foreign oil, ethanol was offered up as the fuel of the future by its own industry and numerous politicians. Now skeptics of the biofuel are more vocal now than ever. Their concerns: the corn-based fuel's impact on the economy, the environment, consumer issues and, of course, politics.
Port Folio Weekly  |  Jennifer O'Donnell  |  11-16-2007  |  Environment

Conservationists Are Betting on the Farm Billnew

Just when it seemed as though politicians were willing to give conservation programs a little attention (and a little money) through the 2007 revised farm bill, the tide began to turn.
Port Folio Weekly  |  Jennifer O'Donnell  |  10-17-2007  |  Environment

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