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How We've Changed Throughout the Bush Era

Maura Judkis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Efficiency, Bush Administration, Corn, George W. Bush, Record Sales, Death of Newspapers, Green Living, Bush Legacy, Ethanol, Newspaper Industry, Green News
Maura Judkis

The January/February issue of the Atlantic has a neat graphic that shows how our country has changed over the Bush years. There are some interesting environmental stats here.

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Ethanol and Water, Part Two

Robert Glennon | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, U.S. Economy, Ethanol, Water, Corn, Green News
Robert Glennon

As the ethanol boom has continued, I've seen new corn fields in Arizona and California where farmers water the fields with groundwater. Foolishness, oft repeated, does not become wisdom.

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Ethanol and Water

Robert Glennon | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Corn-Based Ethanol, California, Tom Vilsack, Corn, Water, Ethanol Pros and Cons, Environment, Energy Policy Act, Ethanol, Food Prices, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News
Robert Glennon

In the case of corn, it takes 2,500 gallons of water to grow enough corn to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. That's right, 2,500 gallons.

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Sweet Surprise

Christiana Wyly | Posted 11.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Children's Health Foundation, Children, Corn, Sweetener, Green Living, Parenting, Childhood Nutrition, Subsidies, Sugar, Childhood Obesity, Nutrition, Tv, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Children's Health, Soil, Video, Chf, Living News
Christiana Wyly

What are we starving for? We are addicted to corn like we are addicted to sugar like we are addicted to oil. It's the cheap oil that enables the production of the cheap corn in the first place.

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Life Cycle: Kernels of Wisdom about Popcorn

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Popcorn, Blockbuster, Corn, Butter, Green, Grains, Movies, Dvds, Cinema, Green Living, Kevin Bacon, Salt, Night, Kernels, Diacetyl, Bag, Microwave, Health, Environment, Popping, Orville Redenbacher, Sarah Smarsh, Pop, Simran Sethi, Footlose, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Fall is upon us, and you've decided to make it a movie...

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Corn Porn: Learning to Love Smut

Flora Lazar | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mexican Food, Chicago Restaurants, Le Lan Restaurant, Michael Pollan, Huitlacoche, Corn, Green City Market, Tracey Vowell, Chicago Food, Food, Rick Bayless Frontera, Blackbird Restaurant, Huitlacoche Chicago, Farming Huitlacoche, Growing Huitlacoche, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

If corn is king, then chef-turned-farmer Tracey Vowell is engaged in regicide. Ever since she left Rick Bayless' Chicago restaurants Frontera Grill and Topolabompo, where she was managing chef, Vowell has been "hijacking corn, a singular act of subversion" as she puts it.

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Palin et al: Please Talk About Corn

Susan Straight | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Scott Mcclellan, John Travolta, Sex, Corn, Economy, Motherhood, Sarah Palin, California, Home News
Susan Straight

On Friday night, Sarah Palin appeared on television as part of her interview series with Charles Gibson. I finally sat down to watch this woman,...

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With Falling Grain Prices, Will Consumers See Lower Prices in the Supermarket?

Bob Dinneen | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Food, Ethanol, Corn, Agriculture, Business News
Bob Dinneen

Substantial increase in grain production outlook and decreased speculation have seen a sharp drop in prices for corn, wheat and soybeans, yet anti-ethanol critics continue to complain. What's going on?

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Corn Crop To Be Larger Than Expected

Los Angeles Times | Jerry Hirsch | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Corn Crop, Usda, Ethanol, Corn, Farmers, Business News

Corn has taken an increasing role in the national economy in recent years because of its dual role as a source for auto fuel and its ubiquitous use in...

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Mixing Water Into The Energy Debate

Rob Runyan | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, John McCain, Committee on Science and Technology, Corn Prices, Bart Gordon, Watergy, Corn, Renewable Energy, Energy Security, Texas, Mccain, Congress, Election 2008, The National Water Research and Development Initiative, Policy, Barack Obama, Renewable Fuel Standard, Water, Barack, Energy Independence, Rick Perry, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Ethanol, Rfs, Home News
Rob Runyan

Dealing with one sector without thinking about the other is one-hand clapping. That's why we have popular alternative fuels like ethanol that don't factor in the drain on water resources.

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Corn Utensils Useless Without Major Composting Efforts

Los Angeles Times | Jenn Garbee | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Food, Corn, Bioplastics, Waste, Biotech, Corn Utensils, Bio Plastic Products, Green News

Now that you feel environmentally conscientious for having used a corn fork -- those forks made with corn starch that lately are the darlings of the t...

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Greening Hollywood: Bioneers Host Ed Begley, Jr.

Paige Donner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Green Collar, Water Bottles, Biofuel, Corn, Ed Begley Jr., Food Cost Spike, Greening Hollywood, Itsrecycled, Solar Energy, Environmental, Eco-Improvements, Electric Cars, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bioconverter, Katrina, Low Impact Living, Ethanol, Living Like Ed, Grist, Bioneers, A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life, Living News
Paige Donner

Ed Begley, Jr., resident Rockstar of the Hollywood Green Movement, spoke at last Tuesday's Venice Beach Bioneers meeting held at the Electric Lodge.

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Paper, Plastic, Stainless Steel, or Corn?

Lisa Selin Davis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

Read More: House, Green Travel, Corn, Going Green, Green, Environment, Environmentalism, Travel, Boulder Colorado, Ethanol, Green Living, Living News
Lisa Selin Davis

Here's the real problem with corn plastic: it's nearly impossible for the little lone consumer to find.

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Robert Zoellick's Slightly Tardy Clarion Calls

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lugar, Robert Zoellick, Food Price Rise, World Bank, Rice, Transparency, Corn, Condi Rice, Wheat, Bush Administration, Ethanol, Leahy, Accountability, Senators Bayh, Anti-Corruption, Mismanagement, Cgiar, Politics News
Sunil Chacko

The Bush administration's former deputy to Condi Rice, Robert Zoellick, who currently runs the World Bank, has been making some frantic calls. It is just that they are a trifle late.

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Cash-Strapped Farmers Say Screw Conservation

New York Times | DAVID STREITFELD | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Wheat Prices, Conservation, Ethanol-Based Fuel, Corn, Conservation Programs, Conservation Reserve Program, Cropland, High Commodity Prices, Flour Prices, Business News

Out on the farm, the ducks and pheasants are losing ground. Paul Devlin works at a bakery in Tampa, Fla. The bakery's owner said the price he paid fo...

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Food or Fuel? We Americans Aren't Making Friends

Harry Fuller | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, Ethanol, Petroleum, Energy Prices, Technology, Biofuel, Corn, Population Growth, Population Control, Business News
Harry Fuller

We don't have to be the bloated, hated, mistrusted bully. We could conserve. Our great-grandparents did it during World War Two.

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The Energy Crisis: Is It Solvable?

Hunt Ramsbottom | Posted 01.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreign Oil, Cellulosic Ethanol, Corn, Oil Prices, Oil, Energy Crisis, Ethanol, Corn Ethanol, Business News
Hunt Ramsbottom

While some policy makers continue their search for the perfect solution, America is failing to deploy alternative fuel technologies that are not only cleaner but also available today.

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