Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 11, 2009. In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia.
Greg Breining, Yale Environment 360. July 13, 2009. One researcher has figured out how to use human waste to make the fuel of the future while also treating sewage.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. June 25, 2009. It takes 50 gallons of water to produce the ethanol biofuels needed to drive a car one mile, using irrigated corn.
Kyle Rabin, Network For New Energy Choices. December 12, 2008. Obama's plans address clean energy and climate change, but are silent on the related implications for the nation's water supply.
Elizabeth Nash, Independent UK. December 1, 2008. The ambitions of Spain's richest man is boundless and his energy networks already stretch to three continents.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. July 20, 2007. Our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer means pricey milk for everyone.
Tom Philpott, Grist.org. December 13, 2006. Tom Philpott questions biofuels skeptic extraordinaire David Pimentel about why crop-based energy won't work.
