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• The WSJ tries to use biofuels fear factor to urge climate inaction (October 31, 2009)
• Biofuels and climate: first step to getting them right is counting them (October 31, 2009)
• A Greener Biofuels Tax Credit (October 29, 2009)
• Video: Science on must-fix biomass carbon accounting error (October 26, 2009)
• Time to reform biofuel tax credits; Say hello to the GBTC (October 7, 2009)
• GAO: corn ethanol is risky and tax credit unnecessary (October 5, 2009)
• Independent peer review confirms EPA's approach to biofuels (August 10, 2009)
• Bad biofuels politics make for strange bedfellows pressing for science (July 22, 2009)
• Nuclear energy folks are starting to sound a little shrill (July 21, 2009)
• Wise men saying smart things about biofuels and land use in Science (July 17, 2009)
• A Power Lunch of Algae, Exxon and me on CNBC (July 14, 2009)
• Climate Bill moves to Senate, but can biofuels be saved? (July 7, 2009)
• Deal in the House moves climate bill, breaks the RFS (June 24, 2009)
• Calling on scientists and economists to help protect good science on biofuels (June 23, 2009)
• Will the biofuels industry hang itself in the climate bill? (June 18, 2009)
• Deutsche Bank's carbon counter is like watching a car crash in slow-mo (June 18, 2009)
• Bioenergy in the balance in the climate bill debate (June 9, 2009)
• EPA releases RFS2 proposed rule for public comment (May 5, 2009)
• EPA can move ahead with proposed RFS2 rule (April 30, 2009)
• NRDC runs biofuels ads: if we're going to use them, let's do it right (April 28, 2009)
• Check it out: new NRDC renewables site (with maps!) (April 27, 2009)
• More calls for EPA and OMB to put RFS rule out for public comment (April 20, 2009)
• LCFS is a critical climate policy (April 6, 2009)
• Enviros to EPA: move forward with biofuels GHG standard (March 18, 2009)
• Salazar sez good things about Cape Wind, still needs to act (March 10, 2009)
• Daniel Sperling on the Daily Show (February 12, 2009)
• RES and cap and trade - better together (February 11, 2009)
• Change to the White House website includes a national LCFS (January 20, 2009)
• Biofuels are better than nothing (January 16, 2009)
• Finally a final EIS for Cape Wind (January 16, 2009)
• Let's Begin with a billion gallons of the best (January 14, 2009)
• 11 States move to develop a low-carbon fuel standard (January 8, 2009)
• Stimulus dollars should go to good biofuels, not more for bad (December 19, 2008)
• Entrepreneurs speak out for good rules for biofuels (December 3, 2008)
• Scientists letter to EPA and ARB on biofuels (November 11, 2008)
• Enviros to EPA: don't let politics trump science on biofuels (November 10, 2008)
• Now more than ever, time for EPA to act on biofuels (November 8, 2008)
• 23 scientists call for careful policy for cellulosic biofuels (October 3, 2008)
• Do no evil + bring good things to life (September 19, 2008)
• Europe catches up to US on biofuels policy (September 12, 2008)
• Good questions from Senator Boxer on Biofuels (August 15, 2008)
• Rejection of the RFS waiver highlights need to move forward (August 7, 2008)
• More money for biofuels conversion, more needed for feedstocks (July 18, 2008)
• UC team on biofuels and land-use GHG emissions (July 14, 2008)
• Testifying on implementing the RFS (July 11, 2008)
• Searchinger responds to letter to CA on biofuels (July 9, 2008)
• The light bulb, the cocktail party, and you (June 26, 2008)
• Group of scientists urge CA to ignore some biofuel pollution (June 25, 2008)
• Solar wins in NY, sparks controversy in CA (June 19, 2008)
• NRDC, wind power, and St. Lucie (June 5, 2008)
• More about PA coal ethanol plant proposed on top of school (May 20, 2008)
• Bioheat is like all biofuels: we got to get it right (May 19, 2008)
• A coal powered ethanol plant and a test of the new RFS (May 14, 2008)
• Op-ed on biofuels, food prices, and GHG emissions (May 13, 2008)
• In hand wringing over biofuels mandate, safeguards at risk (May 7, 2008)
• Massachusetts moves to adopt low-carbon fuel standard (April 24, 2008)
• Cape Wind is needed now; MMS should move quickly (April 21, 2008)
• The dangers of the food vs. fuel debate (April 20, 2008)
• Philpott and I discuss biofuels (April 4, 2008)
• Biogasoline and the search for renewable fuels that fit better (March 26, 2008)
• Pimentel and Philpott pile on biofuels (March 20, 2008)
• Giving voice to my biofuels birthday wishes (March 12, 2008)
• Still struggling with land-use change and biofuels (February 19, 2008)
• Biofuels: not quite dead yet, thankfully (February 8, 2008)
• Two Science articles make the risk of bad biofuels clear (February 7, 2008)
• EU moves to catch up with US on smart biofuels policies (January 24, 2008)
• Low-carbon fuels, land-use, and Massachusetts (January 17, 2008)
• GM, Coskata, and a map of things to come (January 16, 2008)
• The RFS and the corn-soy-deforestation connection (January 4, 2008)
• Renewables and the New Year (December 31, 2007)
• Questions about biofuels, for the record (December 22, 2007)
• Bush signs energy bill--political momentum on climate builds (December 19, 2007)
• The first step for Congress on climate, a big step on biofuels (December 14, 2007)
• The Energy bill, NBC, LED, Christmas trees, and me (December 6, 2007)
• E3 Biofuels is in Chapter 11 (December 5, 2007)
• Connecting dots: clean tech, diapers, and the energy bill (December 5, 2007)
• House Dems strike deal on CAFE, RES, and RFS (December 1, 2007)
• Go see "Everything's Cool" (November 27, 2007)
• RFS vs LCFS or RFS & LCFS? (November 21, 2007)
• Biofuels in the news (November 20, 2007)
• 2008 - Year of the ??? (November 11, 2007)
• Our talking points on getting the RFS right (November 6, 2007)
• Dueling polls, versions of the RFS, and views of biofuels (November 4, 2007)
• Guster, biofuels, and crimes against humanity (October 30, 2007)
• Me and Guster's Adam Gardner headline on biofuels. Really. (October 25, 2007)
• "Getting biofuels right" -- the linchpin to the energy bill? (October 18, 2007)
• More reasons to be optimistic about cellulosic biofuels (October 16, 2007)
• On being an optimist and an environmentalist (October 15, 2007)
• Energy bill ping-pong can help avoid a cleantech pop (October 12, 2007)
• Ethanol, ping-pong, and the energy bill (October 11, 2007)
• NAS report on biofuels and water use and pollution (October 10, 2007)
• The first ethanol bubble bursts, what now? (October 3, 2007)
• Bad news and good news on palm oil (October 1, 2007)
• Geekipedia, Halo3, and the plant that saved the world (September 27, 2007)
• The GM Volt is cool, but what before then? (September 24, 2007)
• Is the dam about to break for wind and solar? (September 20, 2007)
• National Geographic on biofuels (September 18, 2007)
• Will cellulosic biofuels always be 5 years away? (September 16, 2007)
• Biofuels, messaging and misconceptions (September 9, 2007)
• Fun wind facts (September 4, 2007)
• NRDC and HECO agree on biodiesel procurement policy (August 22, 2007)
• Two articles on ethanol, EPA, and air quality; one conclusion: forget midlevel blends (August 14, 2007)
• The debate about biofuels heats up (August 10, 2007)
• The Daily Show on Cape Wind (August 8, 2007)
• NetNow roll up (or what I'm reading) (August 6, 2007)
• Chaos in the House but probably no RFS--on to conference (August 4, 2007)
• Making the invisible visible and doing it beautifully (July 31, 2007)
• Great discussion of land sufficiency and biofuels (part 3) (July 30, 2007)
• Hypoxia and the corn surge (July 27, 2007)
• Senators wrangle over mid-blends of ethanol (July 27, 2007)
• GreenFuel lives to fight another day (July 27, 2007)
• Great discussion of land sufficiency and biofuels (part 2) (July 26, 2007)
• In a rush to produce, Ohio invites ethanol to pollute (July 25, 2007)
• Great discussion of land sufficiency and biofuels (part 1) (July 25, 2007)
• The role of conservation in a biofuels economy (July 24, 2007)
• A good question on GMOs and cellulosic biofuels (July 20, 2007)
• Smart and green on the streets of NYC (July 20, 2007)
• Citibank says coal bad for environment and your stock portfolio (July 19, 2007)
• New NRDC study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (July 19, 2007)
• Cleantech blogs notice not all biofuels created equal (July 19, 2007)
• Alarming ethanol news in two watersheds (July 18, 2007)
• Surveys of businesspeople on global warming show we've got a lot of work to do (July 18, 2007)
• Solar power got a brighter future than the NY Times lets on (July 17, 2007)
• New study confirms that coal gives you bad gas (July 16, 2007)
• Kids rapping about congestion pricing - no joke! (July 14, 2007)
• E20 is a distraction and worse (July 13, 2007)
• Water use and ethanol production (July 13, 2007)
• Selling the wind and laughing all the way (July 13, 2007)
• Getting the House to get biofuels right (July 13, 2007)
• A few random observations on kids, carbon, biodiesel... the usual (July 12, 2007)
• Babies, vacation, and a happy 4th of July to you all (July 1, 2007)
• Small wind breaking... into the mainstream? (July 1, 2007)
• NRDC's rocking little feet biofuels ad (June 27, 2007)
• Get on the bus! (June 26, 2007)
• The great sucking sound from the coal lobby (June 25, 2007)
• Senate energy bill missing key biofuels safeguards (June 22, 2007)
• Watching them build next gen biofuels in real time (June 22, 2007)
• Biofuels equals water pollution? Depends on how you look at it (June 22, 2007)
• Of electric cars and lawn mowers too (June 20, 2007)
• Clarifying the recent CA ruling on 10% ethanol (June 19, 2007)
• Ford delivers first 3 FFV hybrids (June 18, 2007)
• With biofuels, speed kills (June 16, 2007)
• Welcome, again. The 14th time is a charm. (June 14, 2007)
• Truth and laughter re: mercury and compact fluorescent light bulbs (May 11, 2007)
• Creating a green index for biofuels (April 30, 2007)
• NY Moves to Fix Utility Regulation for Energy Efficiency (April 24, 2007)
• GM's new entry in the electric hybrid race (January 7, 2007)
• Another Algae Biofuel Story (December 30, 2006)
• Update on UL and E85 pumps (December 21, 2006)
• MN gets E85 Everywhere (December 13, 2006)
• Cellulosic Ethanol and the RFS (December 6, 2006)
• NRDC's President on Biofuels (December 4, 2006)
• Danish Report on Offshore Wind (December 4, 2006)
• Welcome to my corner (December 1, 2006)
• Manure - The Smell of Money (September 26, 2006)
• Big dollars for renewable energy (September 22, 2006)

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