Doug Struck, Miller-McCune.com. August 31, 2009. While the corn ethanol bubble has pretty much popped, serious efforts to find an economically sound and carbon-smart biological-based fuel continue.
Hope Shand, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 14, 2008. The future bioeconomy will rely on "extreme genetic engineering," a suite of technologies currently in the early stages of development.
Frances Cerra Whittelsey, The Nation. August 6, 2008. Reducing our meat consumption may not be popular, but we need to view our love affair with burgers in the same frame as gas-guzzling SUVs.
Kate Cheney Davidson, Yale Environment 360. July 8, 2008. Michael Pollan talks about biofuels and the food crisis, the glories of grass-fed beef, and how environmentalists should think about sustainability.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. June 24, 2008. Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves -- all we need to do is extract it.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 1, 2008. If our government and large food and energy interests don't change direction, the food riots in distant lands will soon be coming to their doors.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 15, 2007. From the top 100 ways global warming with change your life to anti-environmental homeowners associations to the biofuel hoax, read this year's best.
George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. November 10, 2007. If the governments promoting biofuels do not reverse their policies, the humanitarian impact will be greater than that of the Iraq war.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 11, 2006. Readers had a strong response to an article that questioned whether solar power is the answer to our energy crisis.
