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• EPA Science Panel upholds key scientific principles to guide biomass standards (January 25, 2012)
• Frugal Feasts get fancy! (January 17, 2012)
• Out with the old, in with the new; bidding farewell to the corn ethanol tax credit (December 23, 2011)
• Another Frugal Feast: more good friends & good food for $5 a head! (December 22, 2011)
• Taking up Slow Food USA's $5 Dinner Challenge with Frugal Feasts! (November 16, 2011)
• New NRDC video animation shows risks of burning trees for energy (September 7, 2011)
• New EPA E15 label won't keep higher ethanol blends from polluting our air (June 28, 2011)
• Simple analysis puts RFA's inflated claims in perspective (June 9, 2011)
• RFA makes more exaggerated claims in new corn ethanol ads (June 7, 2011)
• Inhofe bill seeks shift away from old corn ethanol but would have unintended consequences (June 1, 2011)
• New study & deforestation spike show need for "no-go" zones in biofuel crop production (May 25, 2011)
• Bipartisan Senate bill would end wasteful corn ethanol subsidies this summer (May 3, 2011)
• NRDC fact sheet lays out biomass basics, campaign calls for action to tell EPA our forests aren't fuel (May 2, 2011)
• Vilsack champions cover crop biomass, NRDC report lays out path to doing it right (April 18, 2011)
• Talking to NPR about how a Greener Biofuels Tax Credit can take us beyond corn ethanol (April 12, 2011)
• Clark admits corn ethanol doesn't need subsidies but fails to see that more corn ethanol comes at the expense of better biofuels (April 6, 2011)
• Two new bills seek to end corn ethanol subsidies; one would continue giveaways to bad biofuels (March 11, 2011)
• Green Budget shows how we can invest in bioenergy done right (March 9, 2011)
• Coalition of 90 groups urges Congress to end corn ethanol subsidies (March 1, 2011)
• NRDC fact sheet lays out a path to jumpstarting advanced biofuels through a Greener Biofuels Tax Credit (February 15, 2011)
• Still time for Congress to do better on corn ethanol subsidies and save billions (December 10, 2010)
• Editorials make case against corn ethanol subsidies, industry can't get all it wishes for anymore (December 9, 2010)
• Corn ethanol industry reads the tea leaves and sees defeat (December 8, 2010)
• Support for ending corn ethanol subsidies runs coast to coast (December 1, 2010)
• Industry recycles discredited claims but bipartisan consensus on ending corn ethanol subsidies grows (November 30, 2010)
• Something we can all agree on: it's time to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 29, 2010)
• NRDC releases new report on Biochar: Assessing the Promise and Risks to Guide U.S. Policy (November 29, 2010)
• NRDC releases new Fact Sheet on biochar (November 19, 2010)
• Experts lay out facts while coalition calls on Congress to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 18, 2010)
• The final straw? Corn ethanol tax credit being used as export subsidy (November 15, 2010)
• The proof is in the profits: it's time to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 2, 2010)
• ORNL uses one-sided analysis to make flawed claims about land-use impacts of corn ethanol (October 26, 2010)
• Vilsack points to report that shows ending corn ethanol tax credit will raise GDP (October 22, 2010)
• USDA's Vilsack talks about the future but wants to waste $6b on the past (October 21, 2010)
• Coalition calls on President Obama to follow the science and reject more giveaways to old, dirty corn ethanol (October 19, 2010)
• Corn ethanol lobby group elects new Chairman, continues to push old agenda (October 1, 2010)
• New NRDC fact sheet shows how moving beyond corn ethanol means more investment and more jobs in more states (August 25, 2010)
• Top U.S. oil refiner says corn ethanol tax credit is unnecessary (July 27, 2010)
• New study shows eliminating corn ethanol subsidy will save $6 billion and have little impact on U.S. ethanol production (July 20, 2010)
• EPA's RFS accounting shows corn ethanol today is worse than gasoline (July 20, 2010)
• Sobering CBO report shows massive costs of corn ethanol tax credit (July 15, 2010)
• Coalition of Agriculture and Environmental Leaders Finds Common Ground on Climate Policy Principles (July 12, 2010)
• Key Congressional Democrats stand up and oppose more subsidies for old corn ethanol (July 1, 2010)
• Making biofuels a national industry by moving beyond conventional corn ethanol. (June 28, 2010)
• Securing U.S. Agricultural Competitiveness by Stopping Deforestation: New Report Shows How Protecting Forests Abroad Will Keep Ag State Economies Strong (May 26, 2010)
• NRDC & Garrison Institute Release "Behavioral Wedge": 15% Cut in U.S. Emissions Achievable Through Simple Inexpensive Personal Actions (March 15, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part V: Waste, Recycling and Responsible Consumption (February 23, 2010)
• Climate & Energy Bill to Bring Big Benefits to Arkansas Rural Communities (February 12, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part IV: Diet and Food Waste (February 11, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part III: Household Energy Use (January 28, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part II: Transportation (January 14, 2010)
• Personal Actions Matter: The One Billion Ton Opportunity (January 8, 2010)
• USDA to Partner With US Dairy Farmers to Cut Industry Emissions 25% by 2020 (December 16, 2009)
• Kansas State University Review Finds U.S. Farmers Will Gain From Passage of ACES (December 11, 2009)
• “Stacked” House Ag Subcommittee Hearings Don’t Change the Facts: Farmers to Benefit from Cap and Trade Bill (December 9, 2009)
• American Corn Growers Association Pushes for Senate Climate Bill by Year’s End (November 5, 2009)
• Nicholas Institute Study Finds ACES Will Yield Gains for U.S. Farmers (September 24, 2009)
• A Clean Energy Bargain; Containing Costs by Investing in Energy Efficiency, Renewables and then High-Quality Offsets (September 17, 2009)
• USDA Finds ACES Benefits to Farmers "Easily Trump" Increased Energy Costs (July 28, 2009)
• Telling the Full Story: What ACESA Means for a New Rural Economy (July 15, 2009)
• Beyond Offsets; Why the Benefits to U.S. Farmers from Climate Legislation Outweigh Costs (June 24, 2009)
• Waxman-Markey; Ensuring the Quality of Domestic Offsets and Tackling Emissions from Uncapped Sectors (April 3, 2009)

• A Clean Energy Bargain; Containing Costs by Investing in Energy Efficiency, Renewables and then High-Quality Offsets (September 17, 2009)
• American Corn Growers Association Pushes for Senate Climate Bill by Year’s End (November 5, 2009)
• Another Frugal Feast: more good friends & good food for $5 a head! (December 22, 2011)
• Beyond Offsets; Why the Benefits to U.S. Farmers from Climate Legislation Outweigh Costs (June 24, 2009)
• Bipartisan Senate bill would end wasteful corn ethanol subsidies this summer (May 3, 2011)
• Clark admits corn ethanol doesn't need subsidies but fails to see that more corn ethanol comes at the expense of better biofuels (April 6, 2011)
• Climate & Energy Bill to Bring Big Benefits to Arkansas Rural Communities (February 12, 2010)
• Coalition calls on President Obama to follow the science and reject more giveaways to old, dirty corn ethanol (October 19, 2010)
• Coalition of 90 groups urges Congress to end corn ethanol subsidies (March 1, 2011)
• Coalition of Agriculture and Environmental Leaders Finds Common Ground on Climate Policy Principles (July 12, 2010)
• Corn ethanol industry reads the tea leaves and sees defeat (December 8, 2010)
• Corn ethanol lobby group elects new Chairman, continues to push old agenda (October 1, 2010)
• EPA Science Panel upholds key scientific principles to guide biomass standards (January 25, 2012)
• EPA's RFS accounting shows corn ethanol today is worse than gasoline (July 20, 2010)
• Editorials make case against corn ethanol subsidies, industry can't get all it wishes for anymore (December 9, 2010)
• Experts lay out facts while coalition calls on Congress to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 18, 2010)
• Frugal Feasts get fancy! (January 17, 2012)
• Green Budget shows how we can invest in bioenergy done right (March 9, 2011)
• Industry recycles discredited claims but bipartisan consensus on ending corn ethanol subsidies grows (November 30, 2010)
• Inhofe bill seeks shift away from old corn ethanol but would have unintended consequences (June 1, 2011)
• Kansas State University Review Finds U.S. Farmers Will Gain From Passage of ACES (December 11, 2009)
• Key Congressional Democrats stand up and oppose more subsidies for old corn ethanol (July 1, 2010)
• Making biofuels a national industry by moving beyond conventional corn ethanol. (June 28, 2010)
• NRDC & Garrison Institute Release "Behavioral Wedge": 15% Cut in U.S. Emissions Achievable Through Simple Inexpensive Personal Actions (March 15, 2010)
• NRDC fact sheet lays out a path to jumpstarting advanced biofuels through a Greener Biofuels Tax Credit (February 15, 2011)
• NRDC fact sheet lays out biomass basics, campaign calls for action to tell EPA our forests aren't fuel (May 2, 2011)
• NRDC releases new Fact Sheet on biochar (November 19, 2010)
• NRDC releases new report on Biochar: Assessing the Promise and Risks to Guide U.S. Policy (November 29, 2010)
• New EPA E15 label won't keep higher ethanol blends from polluting our air (June 28, 2011)
• New NRDC fact sheet shows how moving beyond corn ethanol means more investment and more jobs in more states (August 25, 2010)
• New NRDC video animation shows risks of burning trees for energy (September 7, 2011)
• New study & deforestation spike show need for "no-go" zones in biofuel crop production (May 25, 2011)
• New study shows eliminating corn ethanol subsidy will save $6 billion and have little impact on U.S. ethanol production (July 20, 2010)
• Nicholas Institute Study Finds ACES Will Yield Gains for U.S. Farmers (September 24, 2009)
• ORNL uses one-sided analysis to make flawed claims about land-use impacts of corn ethanol (October 26, 2010)
• Out with the old, in with the new; bidding farewell to the corn ethanol tax credit (December 23, 2011)
• Personal Actions Matter: The One Billion Ton Opportunity (January 8, 2010)
• RFA makes more exaggerated claims in new corn ethanol ads (June 7, 2011)
• Securing U.S. Agricultural Competitiveness by Stopping Deforestation: New Report Shows How Protecting Forests Abroad Will Keep Ag State Economies Strong (May 26, 2010)
• Simple analysis puts RFA's inflated claims in perspective (June 9, 2011)
• Sobering CBO report shows massive costs of corn ethanol tax credit (July 15, 2010)
• Something we can all agree on: it's time to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 29, 2010)
• Still time for Congress to do better on corn ethanol subsidies and save billions (December 10, 2010)
• Support for ending corn ethanol subsidies runs coast to coast (December 1, 2010)
• Taking up Slow Food USA's $5 Dinner Challenge with Frugal Feasts! (November 16, 2011)
• Talking to NPR about how a Greener Biofuels Tax Credit can take us beyond corn ethanol (April 12, 2011)
• Telling the Full Story: What ACESA Means for a New Rural Economy (July 15, 2009)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part II: Transportation (January 14, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part III: Household Energy Use (January 28, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part IV: Diet and Food Waste (February 11, 2010)
• The One Billion Ton Opportunity Cont'd - Part V: Waste, Recycling and Responsible Consumption (February 23, 2010)
• The final straw? Corn ethanol tax credit being used as export subsidy (November 15, 2010)
• The proof is in the profits: it's time to end corn ethanol subsidies (November 2, 2010)
• Top U.S. oil refiner says corn ethanol tax credit is unnecessary (July 27, 2010)
• Two new bills seek to end corn ethanol subsidies; one would continue giveaways to bad biofuels (March 11, 2011)
• USDA Finds ACES Benefits to Farmers "Easily Trump" Increased Energy Costs (July 28, 2009)
• USDA to Partner With US Dairy Farmers to Cut Industry Emissions 25% by 2020 (December 16, 2009)
• USDA's Vilsack talks about the future but wants to waste $6b on the past (October 21, 2010)
• Vilsack champions cover crop biomass, NRDC report lays out path to doing it right (April 18, 2011)
• Vilsack points to report that shows ending corn ethanol tax credit will raise GDP (October 22, 2010)
• Waxman-Markey; Ensuring the Quality of Domestic Offsets and Tackling Emissions from Uncapped Sectors (April 3, 2009)
• “Stacked” House Ag Subcommittee Hearings Don’t Change the Facts: Farmers to Benefit from Cap and Trade Bill (December 9, 2009)

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