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		<title>Real field measurements of methane emissions from fracking operations published</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/real-field-measurements-of-methane-emissions-from-fracking-operations-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following this increasing interest in estimating methane emissions from natural gas extraction for some time now.  I&#8217;ve posted about it a couple times: here, here and here.  Lots of people are interested because fracking for natural gas may &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/real-field-measurements-of-methane-emissions-from-fracking-operations-published/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=811&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paths to meeting 36 billion gallons of fuel by 2022</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/paths-to-meeting-36-billion-gallons-of-fuel-by-2022/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RFS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A hopeful perspective on how we might be able to meet the targets set in RFS2 by 2022 without building a ton of infrastructure: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2012/02/01/a-low-cost-low-risk-path-to-meeting-us-biofuels-targets/ What do you think?  If we start producing all this biobutanol will the market become &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/paths-to-meeting-36-billion-gallons-of-fuel-by-2022/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=809&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global food price spikes- a double-edged sword?</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/global-food-price-spikes-a-double-edged-sword/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks from the Stanford Center on Food Security and the Environment have a new policy piece out in the latest issue of Science exploring the effect of food commodity price spikes on food security for the world&#8217;s poor.  They point &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/global-food-price-spikes-a-double-edged-sword/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=800&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers develop bacteria that can turn seaweed into ethanol</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/researchers-develop-bacteria-that-can-turn-seaweed-into-ethanol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful description of the development of a strain of E. coli that can convert sugars in macroalgae (seaweed) into ethanol or other fuels: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6066/273.full<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=793&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DDGS impacts from expired tax credit for ethanol?</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/ddgs-impacts-from-expired-tax-credit-for-ethanol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of several potential impacts of the expired tax credit for making corn ethanol: http://nationalhogfarmer.com/marketing/ethanol-tax-and-tariff-changes-likely-affect-ddgs-value<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=786&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EPA releases new GHG tracking tool</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/epa-releases-new-ghg-tracking-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA has released their GHG tracking tool, and I am pretty impressed. Lots of data, easy to use, and nice graphics. EPA GHG tracking tool<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=777&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Society double-paying for academic research?</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/society-double-paying-for-academic-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of getting Paul all riled up, check this op-ed about paid versus open-access publishing for federally-funded research: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/research-bought-then-paid-for.html?_r=2&#38;partner=rss&#38;emc=rss I personally think that we should switch to a model where articles are pay-to-access but the long-toiling grad students &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/society-double-paying-for-academic-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=780&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornell colleagues officially respond to Howarth study on fracking</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/cornell-colleagues-officially-respond-to-howarth-study-on-fracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before on this topic, and wanted to present the latest peer-reviewed response to the Howarth paper from 2011 that caused quite a stir: http://www.springerlink.com/content/x001g12t2332462p/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=773&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fracking, LCA and commerce clauses and more..</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/fracking-lca-and-commerce-clauses-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back from the holidays and catching up on some news and wanted to share a couple of things.. This short update points out how important fracked oil &#38; gas may be in 2012 and going forward: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204464404577112681942517356.html Another chapter in &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/fracking-lca-and-commerce-clauses-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=768&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The road to Durban</title>
		<link>http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-road-to-durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting blog post from Dr. Robert Stavins, an environmental economics professor at Harvard, about the history of &#8216;differentiated responsibilities&#8217;  between developed and developing countries in the UNFCCC, and how the COP-17 meeting in Durban may have set the groundwork &#8230; <a href="http://bioenergyigert.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-road-to-durban/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bioenergyigert.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22429953&amp;post=735&amp;subd=bioenergyigert&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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