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Beth Lowery
GM's vice president for the environment and energy defends her company's record.
Jeffrey Ball
Environmental editor for The Wall Street Journal discusses the situation and the questions facing industrial and auto executives.
Dan Kammen
A specialist on renewable energy research, he outlines some of the problems with corn-based ethanol.
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Jeff Goodall's 2007 Rolling Stone article examining the politics behind the boom in U.S. corn ethanol.
Jeff Goodall's 2007 Rolling Stone article examining the politics behind the boom in U.S. corn ethanol.
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A May 2008 essay from Foreign Affairs: "The enormous volume of corn required by the ethanol industry is sending shock waves through the food system."
Biofuels: The Promise and the Risks
A World Bank 2008 report that explains the promise of biofuels as sustainable and profitable sources of fuel, but also the risks they carry in the form of increased food costs, water shortages and deforestation.
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