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Over the weekend, President Bush met again with Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, this time at Camp David instead of in Brazil. The location was different, but the topic was the same: ethanol.Bush said that he is a "big believer in alternative fuels" and that the US is "committed to ...

As we mentioned, on Bush's trip to Brazil last week, an agreement was reached between Brazil and the U.S. to share research and development opportunities. Announcing the deal, the two presidents spoke at a biofuels plant in Guaruhos. Brazilian President Lula said the partnership"is ambitious and ...

Before President Bush took part in a panel discussion on cellulosic ethanol, he looked over an IRL car that will run on pure ethanol this season. IRL is the first race series to switch to 100 percent ethanol. Producing more alternative fuels to reduce dependency on foreign oil is a priority of ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/political_opinion/Bush_thinks_Defense_Dept_is_1_259_times_more_important_than_greener_cars'; The New York Times today called President Bush's 2008 budget proposal "improbable" (and other have said much less kind things about it), but I want to take a minute to look at ...

OK, so the alternative energy part of the President's State of the Union speech went pretty much as expected tonight. He did say "global climate change", which drew plenty of applause, as did his call to reduce gasoline usage by 20 percent in the next ten years. Better fuel economy for cars and ...

The new Democratic Congress will be sworn in tomorrow, and the annual ritual of the Presidential State of the Union speech will follow in a few weeks' time. Last year, the Decider-in-Chief said America was "addicted to oil." What will his environmental and energy message be this year? According to ...

President Bush headed over to Maryland to speak to the Seafarers Union yesterday. He had a few things to say about energy, but nothing groundbreaking. You can read the part of his speech where he addresses energy independence after the jump, but I wanted to point out an interesting shift in the ...

Last week the representatives from the Indy Racing League met with President Bush at the White House, where the president heard a bit about the league's use of ethanol to race around in circles. Wait, it's ovals, right? Anyway, the IRL is using an E10 blend of gasoline and ethanol this season and ...

President Bush is in Russia, trying his best to resolve all the conflicts that have overtaken the agenda of the G8 meeting there. This morning he took four minutes to publicly meet with Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the two spoke briefly about biofuels and the WTO. Bush said he ...