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Earth Policy Institute suggests moratorium on launching new ethanol plants

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute says there is little reliable data available to correctly gauge how much grain is needed to feed ethanol distilleries. The federal government says 60 million tons of corn from the 2008 harvest will go to ethanol plants. EPI predicts nearly 140 million tons. So why worry about a few million tons of corn? Food prices around the world. Apparently the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses only once source -- the Renewable Fuels Association -- for info when determining the number and size of ethanol plants ... Read more →

Poor could lose out in world ethanol market Sebastian Blanco

Lester Brown, the president of the Earth Policy Institute said yesterday that the increase in ethanol production around the world could one day hurt the world's poor as foodstuffs like corn and ...

Earth Policy Institute suggests moratorium on launching new ethanol plants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute says there is little reliable data available to correctly gauge how much grain is needed to feed ethanol distilleries. The federal government says 60 million tons of corn from the 2008 harvest will go to ethanol plants. EPI predicts nearly 140 million tons. ...

Poor could lose out in world ethanol market 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lester Brown, the president of the Earth Policy Institute said yesterday that the increase in ethanol production around the world could one day hurt the world's poor as foodstuffs like corn and soybeans are turned into ethanol. Brown said, "This is shaping up as competition between the 800 million ...


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