Biofuels – Feb 2

NYT: Palm oil may be an eco-nightmare
TOD on palm oil
Indonesia studies oil palm restriction plan
Thousands march over tortilla crisis in Mexico
Business Week: food vs. fuel
WSJ: Ethanol imports are rising
Berkeley to be hub for study of alternate fuel

Top energy scientists agree, Bush wrong on alternative fuels

Senate Committee witnesses from three of America’s premier energy research institutions cast grave doubt on the feasibility of reaching President Bush’s State of the Union goal of manufacturing 35 billion gallons a year of alternative fuels by 2017. (Ed: A scoop? – other media outlets seem to have missed the story.)