http://www.gmoafrica.org All about biotechnology and cellulosic ethanol Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:01:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the debate on the future of cellulosic ethanol gains steam, a new study shows the U.S. can replace a third of its annual gasoline use with ethanol by 2030. The study, jointly conducted by General Motors and Sandia National Laboratories, predicts that out of 90 billion gallons of ethanol that ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2009/02/cellulosic-ethanol-can-considerably-reduce-gasoline-use-by-2030.html These are tough times for everybody, including the biofuels industry. The Associated Press has an interesting article about how corn-based ethanol producers are literally struggling to stay afloat. The article notes how shares of leading ethanol producers in the country, such as Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., Pacific Ethanol ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2009/01/theres-a-bright-future-for-cellulosic-ethanol-investments.html Cellulosic ethanol is on the move. Today, POET, the top U.S. ethanol producer, inaugurated a pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in South Dakota. The plant's projected to churn out 22,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. POET has an amazing, professionally done documentary that takes you, step-by-step, along the journey ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2009/01/poet-rolls-out-cellulosic-ethanol-plant.html Jean Bernick, the editor of Farm Journal Crops & Issues, is exhorting us "to talk trash." Funny, isn't it? Hold back though, because Bernick is not asking you to spite the vilest epithet at your opponent. No! She wants a discussion on how the corncob, that we normally consider trash, ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/12/call-for-technology-to-produce-cellulosic-ethanol.html One day after President-Elect Barak Obama picked Iowa Governor, Tom Vilsack, as Agriculture Secretary, anti-biotechnology activists are out in full force trying to paint him as an apologist for the biotech industry. Tara Lohan in an article on Alternet.org declares Obama is sending to the United States Department of Agriculture ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/12/vilsack-targeted-for-his-pro-gmos-stand.html Michigan is about to enact a law to make readily available information on how to set up an alternative fuel production plant in the state.   The law, H.B. 5745 (PDF), requires the Department of Agriculture to publish, in plain language, all the procedures for "…preparing and executing applications and approvals necessary ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/12/michigan-smoothens-the-way-for-alternative-energy-investors.html Scientists from one of Kenya’s premier university have endorsed crop genetic engineering. After a two-day workshop last week, University of Nairobi researchers dismissed fears that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) posed dangers to human health and the environment. The scientists said although some caution was needed about GMOs, they ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/kenyan-scientists-weigh-on-gmos.html The journal Nature has published an article about how developing countries can make the best from biotech. Indira Nath, the article's author, argues biotechnology can revolutionize food production and healthcare in developing countries only if these countries bolstered their scientific capacity.  Nath regrets intellectual property rights coupled with inhibit ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/indian-researcher-makes-a-case-for-biotechnology.html As the debate on whether more ethanol use is sending food prices skyrocketing rages, the ethanol industry is positioning itself to set the record straight. Four major players in the ethanol industry – Hawkeye, ICM, POET, and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (GPRE) – yesterday launched an organization called Growth Energy ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/as-the-debate-on-whether-more-ethanol-use-is-sending-food-prices-skyrocketing-rages-the-ethanol-industry-is-positioning-itself-to-set-the-record-straight.html The European Union (EU) is again challenging France’s decision to ban a genetically modified (GM) maize developed by the U.S.-based biotech giant Monsanto. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is angry that France has refused to allow the cultivation of MON 810, the only GM crop being grown in the ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/eu-challenges-france-on-gm-maize.html