State's E85 effort a reality in Arvada
(Denver Business Journal) A state effort to get more E85 fuel into vehicles came to fruition Thursday. An Arvada gas station, Hill Petroleum Sinclair Oil Station at 6301 W. 58th Ave., on Thursday became the first to open two new alternative fuel pumps directly because of the efforts of the governor's E85 Coalition.

Heatwaves, biofuel demand push up price of wheat; Irish bread ...
(FinFacts Ireland) The US Agriculture Department has reported that growing conditions for the US spring wheat crop were the worst in 18 years. Flour company Odlums has warned consumers that the price of Irish bread is set to rise from next week because of poor wheat harvests and higher energy costs.

Biodiesel profits farm economies
(Mississippi State University) Increased use of biodiesel may not end the national dependence on foreign oil, but the short-term benefits to Mississippi’s farm economy should give soybean growers reasons for hope.

Biofuels: Green energy or grim reaper?
(BBC News) "Biofuels could end up damaging the natural world rather than saving it from global warming, argues Jeff McNeely in the Green Room. Better policies, better science and genetic modification, he says, can all contribute to a greener biofuels revolution. Europe intends to adapt Brazil's experience with bioethanol With soaring oil prices, and debates raging on how to reduce carbon emissions to slow climate change, many are looking to biofuels as a renewable and clean source of energy."