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Learning from the ILUC debate

What is indirect land use change (ILUC) and what can ethanol producers and environmentalists stand to learn?

Documents

Minnesota businesses plan for future in green chemistry
Published January 25, 2012
IATP applauds ethanol producer POET’s move to antibiotic-free ethanol production
IATP applauds ethanol producer POET’s move to antibiotic-free ethanol... Published August 30, 2011
Back on track: Why BCAP is worth saving
Despite early missteps, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) is finally... Published July 1, 2011
The Greater Milan Initiative's Sustainable Energy Utility: Reducing the Rural Energy Burden
Milan, Minnesota has established the first rural Sustainable Energy Utility (... Published August 11, 2010
Sustainable Energy Utility Trainings in Milan, Minnesota
Schedule of training on energy conservation in Milan, Minnesota. Published May 16, 2010
Biomass Crop Assistance Program needs clarification, improvemement, says IATP
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) must undergo revision and refinement... Published April 14, 2010
Comments on the Proposed Rule for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
Letter with a list of recommendations for the Proposed Rule for the Biomass... Published April 13, 2010
The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project
A description of the Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market project. Published March 16, 2010
IATP Letter to USDA and DoJ on Agricultural Concentration
Letter from IATP to USDA and DoJ on ag concentration and upcoming departmental... Published December 27, 2009
Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Policy
Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle... Published November 9, 2009

Blog posts

Learning from the indirect land use change debate

Published February 1, 2012
Where from here? Minnesota’s leading role in green chemistry

Published January 27, 2012
The water, energy and food nexus

Published December 2, 2011
Video: Rethinking land use for biofuels

Published September 21, 2011
World's largest ethanol producer drops the antibiotics

Published August 30, 2011
Sounding off on ethanol sustainability

Published July 28, 2011
Biofuels and land use: It's all how you look at it

Published July 21, 2011
Antibiotics in ethanol? Just say no.

Published May 26, 2011
Ethanol subsidies: better to burn out than to fade away?

Published May 6, 2011
The sweet sell on Brazilian ethanol

A hard—but impressive—pitch on sugar ethanol.

Published March 31, 2011
Touched by agriculture: The Pantanal

Published March 25, 2011
Tale of two farms in Brazil

Published March 25, 2011
Photos from Brazil

Published March 24, 2011
Everyone's land

Published March 23, 2011
Challenges of Mato Grosso

Published March 22, 2011
Land and power in Brazil

Published March 22, 2011
On the ground in Rio with a diverse set of opinions

Published March 21, 2011
Brazil: In the middle of the game on agriculture

Published March 21, 2011
Learning about Brazilian agriculture

Published March 18, 2011
The Brazil connection: agriculture, biofuels and land use

Published March 16, 2011
Minnesota's green chemistry building blocks

Published January 11, 2011
Press release: Biomass Crop Assistance Program needs clarification, improvement, says IATP

Published April 15, 2010
Water consumption questions for biofuels—irrigated or non?

Published January 13, 2010
BCAP boondoggle

Published January 12, 2010
The Cost of Palm Oil

Published October 14, 2009
Biomass program rolls out, raises eyebrows

Published October 2, 2009
Ethanol Industry Explores Options to Antibiotics

Published July 28, 2009
Getting Antibiotics Out of Ethanol

Published July 16, 2009
Electric Cars vs. Big Mac

Published July 13, 2009
Better Biodiesel

Published June 22, 2009
Indirect Misdirect

Published June 15, 2009
The Curious Case of Climate Policy and Corn Ethanol

Published June 2, 2009
Ethanol's Contentious Carbon Footprint

Published April 30, 2009
Biofuels Policy: What's Sustainable?

Published February 17, 2009
Can Green Purchasing Change the World?

Published October 31, 2008
Lessons from Forest Biomass

Published June 19, 2008
Growing Minnesota Biodiesel - Responsibly

Published May 16, 2008
Biofuels and Biodiversity

Published May 6, 2008
Trade Rules and Biofuels

Published April 14, 2008
Good Jobs, Green Jobs... for everyone!

Published March 14, 2008
Farmer Agreement Offers Alternative to NAFTA's Failures

Published February 4, 2008
"The market will get brutal next year"

Published January 2, 2008
Sustainability in the Farm Bill

Published December 11, 2007
Following up with Cargill

Published November 19, 2007
Biofuels and Development

Published November 11, 2007
Searching for clarity on biofuels

Published November 7, 2007
A Perennial Bioeconomy?

Published July 19, 2007

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