Corn Prices

Picky About the Pickens Plan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 09.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, George Bush, Energy Prices, Clean Coal, George W. Bush, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Texas, Corn Prices, Oil Drilling, Green Technology, 2008 Presidential Race, T.Boone Pickens, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, President Bush, Pickens Plan, Green News
Christiana Wyly

"Son, I used to be IN the Oil Lobby! We don't have to worry about them. We the people are more powerful than any lobby any day of the week."

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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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Biofuel Future Threatened By Severe Weather

New York Times | Jad Mouawad | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Biofuel Future, Ethanol Flood, Corn-Based Ethanol, Corn Bumper Crop, Corn Prices, Flood, Flood Biofuel, Corn Crop, Crazy Weather, Extreme Weather, Midwest Flood, Green News

The record storms and floods that swept through the Midwest last month struck at the heart of America's corn region, drowning fields and dashing hopes...

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Midwest Flooding Threatens Crops

International Herald Tribune | Susan Saulny | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Corn Prices, Midwest Flood Damage Farms, Crop Shortage, Corn Shortage, Midwest Flooding, Midwest Flood Crops, Green News

NEWHALL, Iowa: Here, in some of the best soil in the world, the stunted stalks of Dave Timmerman's newly planted corn are wilting in what sometimes lo...

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Floods Force Corn Prices Up, Up, Up

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Iowa Floods, Iowa Flooding, Midwest Flooding, Midwest Floods, Corn Prices, Food Shortage, Midwest Flooding Farms, Flooded Farms, Business News

NEW YORK — Corn prices reached another record Monday, closing in on $8 a bushel, as devastating Midwest floods raised fears of a sharply smaller...

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Food Price Inflation Changes How We Shop

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Food Prices, Inflation, Recession, Food Inflation, Grocery Shops, Corn Prices, Wheat Prices, Business News

Steadily rising food costs aren't just causing grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line _ they're also changing the very ways we feed...

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