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- State clean energy funds create jobs and a healthier, safer economy (January 12, 2012)
- How to make the end of 2011 and the corn ethanol tax credit the beginning of real alterantives to oil (December 23, 2011)
- Americans want renewable energy. Why is Norquist trying to stop them? (December 20, 2011)
- Leading with American clean energy: the greatest gift Congress could give (December 14, 2011)
- Sec Chu goes on the offensive to help America win clean energy race (November 17, 2011)
- New study shows thinning forests for biomass is not a climate win-win (September 26, 2011)
- Lessons from Solyndra: We need more, not less clean energy innovation investment (September 8, 2011)
- Northeast Clean Fuels Standard = Thousands of Jobs, Billions of Dollars (August 16, 2011)
- Another victory against king corn and big oil (July 8, 2011)
- EPA finalizes punt on carbon pollution from biomass (July 6, 2011)
- MI Principal becomes tour guide, helps save world (with geothermal) (June 17, 2011)
- Senate votes overwhelmingly to end corn ethanol subsidies (June 16, 2011)
- Process trumps common sense in Senate but writing is on the wall for corn ethanol subsidies (June 14, 2011)
- End VEETC, pass Coburn/Feinstein (June 13, 2011)
- Another analysis NOT disproving ILUC (May 24, 2011)
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel Northwest report on bio-based jet fuel done right (May 24, 2011)
- Bringing renewables home: it's happening in Michigan (May 23, 2011)
- IPCC report relies heavily on bioenergy, but EPA rule shows policy isn't ready (May 10, 2011)
- MA moves to require good biomass, protect forests (May 4, 2011)
- Love forests? Learn to love fighting for stricter biomass regs (May 2, 2011)
- NRDC to EPA: biomass carbon accounting delay is bad for climate and forests (April 8, 2011)
- In Brazil: biofuels, family farms adn familiar pressures (March 22, 2011)
- Video from Brazil: Jim Kleinschmit from IATP (March 22, 2011)
- In Brazil hearing about sugar cane ethanol (March 20, 2011)
- On the ground in Rio with a diverse set of opinions (March 18, 2011)
- Our forests aren't fuel, but EPA's delay threatens to turn them into just that (March 16, 2011)
- Going to Brazil to study biofuels and land-use change (March 14, 2011)
- Getting biofuels on the green and narrow path (February 15, 2011)
- In face of hunger, corn ethanol industry says blame anyone but us (February 14, 2011)
- 2 op-eds, 2 views of future of biomass, only 1 is right (January 28, 2011)
- EPA continues to move down risky E15 path (January 21, 2011)
- EPA delays GHG regs for biomass, leaves states to lead again (January 14, 2011)
- It ain't so NAFO: Bad science in new report on EPA Tailoring Rule (December 16, 2010)
- From all corners: Congress shouldn't waste dollars on ethanol or cut support for clean energy (December 9, 2010)
- Good news from Brazil, bad science from RFA (December 7, 2010)
- Baucus tax bill has good stuff, but corn ethanol tax credit is poison pill (December 3, 2010)
- 17 Senators call for end to corn ethanol tax credit and tariff (November 30, 2010)
- Hell hath no fury like the corn ethanol industry scorned (November 1, 2010)
- ORNL report tells us nothing about ILUC (October 26, 2010)
- EPA's E15 waiver--even EPA knows it threatens the air we breathe (October 15, 2010)
- EPA takes risky step to increase ethanol blend (October 13, 2010)
- Corn ethanol industry acknowledges tax credit must end (October 7, 2010)
- 4 editorials and two confessions highlight wasteful ethanol tax credit (July 29, 2010)
- The real cost of the corn ethanol tax credit (VEETC) (July 20, 2010)
- CBO report shows the folly of corn ethanol tax credit (July 15, 2010)
- Klobuchar bill: trojan horse for bad biofuels (July 14, 2010)
- NRDC and others slam ethanol tax credit give away to oil in new ad (June 24, 2010)
- New study: burning trees for power worse for climate than burning coal (June 11, 2010)
- Magically carbon neutral biomass, evil EPA rules and other myths (June 18, 2010)
- Memorial Day message: corn ethanol tax credit is bad for your pocket book (May 28, 2010)
- Loophole foreshadowing: Florida PSC approves Gainesville biomass plant (May 28, 2010)
- DOE data shows scale of biomass loophole (May 27, 2010)
- Scientists to Congress & Obama: count the carbon in biomass (May 24, 2010)
- Map of the Hypoxic Zone and Gulf Oil Spill: Part of why more corn ethanol is not the solution (May 9, 2010)
- Corn ethanol trying to ride the Gulf spill to higher volumes (May 6, 2010)
- Good: Cape Wind getting OK; Better: doing it faster next time (April 28, 2010)
- Corn ethanol tax credit: most expensive way to create jobs ever? (April 7, 2010)
- Big ethanol is using bad jobs numbers to push bad tax credit (April 6, 2010)
- Study shows tax payers subsidizing ethanol at $4.18 per gallon (March 10, 2010)
- The must, can and should of bioenergy (March 5, 2010)
- Not just more, but smarter bucks for advanced biofuels (March 4, 2010)
- Must-read on biofuel tax credit reform (February 19, 2010)
- EPA publishes final RFSII rule: a tool to move biofuels forward (February 3, 2010)
- USDA sets BCAP on horrid path (January 26, 2010)
- George Woodwell: Climate crisis calls for swift action on Cape Wind (January 13, 2010)
- Northeast Governors move forward with LCFS MOU (December 30, 2009)
- Khosla and Searchinger on bioenergy GHG accounting (November 23, 2009)
- 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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