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Biofuels: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (Paris) Sept. 2007.
Fact Sheet: Ethanol Biorefineries by Energy Justice Network
Cellulose dreams: the search for new means and materials for making ethanol: The 8/25/07 issue of
Science News reports that no method to extract the cellulose from plant material has been developed. Until
such a method is developed, biomass conversion of plants other than corn remains beyond our reach.
No to the agrofuels craze! GRAIN is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which promotes the
sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local
knowledge.
Farm Energy.org: This website provides information on the Energy Title programs of the Federal Farm Bill and energy
efficiency and renewable energy opportunities that benefit farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Development (Paris) Sept. 2007.
Fact Sheet: Ethanol Biorefineries by Energy Justice Network
Cellulose dreams: the search for new means and materials for making ethanol: The 8/25/07 issue of
Science News reports that no method to extract the cellulose from plant material has been developed. Until
such a method is developed, biomass conversion of plants other than corn remains beyond our reach.
No to the agrofuels craze! GRAIN is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which promotes the
sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local
knowledge.
Farm Energy.org: This website provides information on the Energy Title programs of the Federal Farm Bill and energy
efficiency and renewable energy opportunities that benefit farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Tennessee Biomass and Bioenergy Overview. Sun Grant Initiative. May 2007
UT BOARD APPROVES BIOFUELS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. 9/19/07 Mascoma Corporation is a
low-carbon cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The other oil shock: Vegetable oil prices soar. International Herald Tribune. Jan. 19, 2008.
Range Fuels, Inc. broke ground on the nation's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant located in Treutlen
County, Georgia, near the town of Soperton. Range Fuels, one of six companies selected by the Department of
Energy (DOE) for financial support in building a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, will be the first to break
ground. (11/07)
UT BOARD APPROVES BIOFUELS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. 9/19/07 Mascoma Corporation is a
low-carbon cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The other oil shock: Vegetable oil prices soar. International Herald Tribune. Jan. 19, 2008.
Range Fuels, Inc. broke ground on the nation's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant located in Treutlen
County, Georgia, near the town of Soperton. Range Fuels, one of six companies selected by the Department of
Energy (DOE) for financial support in building a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, will be the first to break
ground. (11/07)
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Ethanol plants going bust. Vonore site killed, plans for Oak Ridge facility still up in air the as economy sinks.
CHRIS BLANK. Knoxville News Sentinel. Oct. 11, 2008.
State switchgrass program sprouts its share of critics. Largest contract goes to UT donor. Nashville
Tennessean. August 9, 2008
A highly recommended website of Vinod Khosla comparing hybrid, phev, and celulosic ethanol.
Europe Grapples Over Biofuels. Time May 13 2008
Energy Use in the U.S. Food System: a summary of existing research and analysis. John Hendrickson, Center
for Integrated Agricultural Systems, UW-Madison. 1990.
CHRIS BLANK. Knoxville News Sentinel. Oct. 11, 2008.
State switchgrass program sprouts its share of critics. Largest contract goes to UT donor. Nashville
Tennessean. August 9, 2008
A highly recommended website of Vinod Khosla comparing hybrid, phev, and celulosic ethanol.
Europe Grapples Over Biofuels. Time May 13 2008
Energy Use in the U.S. Food System: a summary of existing research and analysis. John Hendrickson, Center
for Integrated Agricultural Systems, UW-Madison. 1990.
Woodstoves and Pellet Stoves. Cleaner ways to burn an ancient fuel. Sierra Club Green Home.
Panel that delayed biofuel funding approval now signs off. By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel.
November 19, 2009
Center focuses study on biofuels. By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel. November 17, 2009
TN legislators may scrap $70M biofuels project. They say they didn't know of changes. By Chas Sisk •
THE TENNESSEAN • November 5, 2009
Biodiesel project delayed. Morgan County plant built on flood plain and can't get insurance. Knoxville News
Sentinel. November 4, 2008
Panel that delayed biofuel funding approval now signs off. By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel.
November 19, 2009
Center focuses study on biofuels. By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel. November 17, 2009
TN legislators may scrap $70M biofuels project. They say they didn't know of changes. By Chas Sisk •
THE TENNESSEAN • November 5, 2009
Biodiesel project delayed. Morgan County plant built on flood plain and can't get insurance. Knoxville News
Sentinel. November 4, 2008
Vonore biomass plant could go commercial as switchgrass gains ground By Ed
Marcum Knoxville News Sentinel August 30, 2011
Switchgrass — growing a new cash crop East Tennessee farmers' first switchgrass
harvest ready to turn into biofuel By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel January
9, 2011
Flare-burning gas lit at landfill By Iva Butler Maryville (TN) Daily Times.
November 09. 2010
Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny. New York Times. June 19,
2010.
TVA's Plan For Deforestation Does Not Involve Long Term Planning
Denny Haldeman The Chattanoogan.com October 22, 2010
TVA looks at biomass as alternative Greener energy source may drive old coal
facilities By Larisa Brass Knoxville News Sentinel October 17, 2010
Duke can use trees for power plant fuel N.C. Utilities Commission clarifies the
type of wood allowed to make electricity. By Bruce Henderson Charlotte Observer.
Oct. 13, 2010
New 'green' generator to be built at landfill Ryan Poe. Columbus, MS
Dispatch. October 12, 2010