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Toronto Zoo resident Vishnu eats his breakfast. The zoo is hoping what happens next will be a big boost for them.
Technology
Toronto’s Zoo plans to turn its animal waste into electricity
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global food prices on the rise
Power From Food Scraps
Environment
Firm plans to turn table scraps into power in Massachusetts
Science Note: A Plant With Oily Leaves
Health & Medicine
France considers big tax hike on key ingredient in Nutella
Researcher says rising corn prices could spark global food riots
Environment
Experts say effects of U.S. drought likely to ripple across the globe
Environment
Ethanol: Off the radar, but bigger than ever
Business, Economics and Jobs
Why Libya can scare the economy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Renewable energy from dog poop
Environment
Bugs engineered to make biofuels
Environment
Recycled trash to fuel Haiti
Environment
Energizing Biofuel
Business, Economics and Jobs
Growing hope in New Orleans
Food prices causing global instability
Population, food prices and global security
Business, Economics and Jobs
Fueling the food crisis
Development & Education
U.N. food plan
Development & Education
The global food crisis
Environment
California’s low-carbon diet
Science Note: Palm Oil
Science Note: A Plant With Oily Leaves
Global Politics
French Senator Proposes ‘Nutella Tax’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Why the US Drought May Be Felt Around the Globe
EPA Red Lights Palm Oil
Microbes Transform Wastewater to Energy
Cellulosic Fuel Update
The Future of Biofuels and the Weather
Should Farmers in Developing Nations Be Shielded from Volitile Food Prices?
Global Politics
Ethanol Subsidies Up for Vote
Business, Economics and Jobs
Food: Selling Like Hotcakes…and Starting Wars
Business, Economics and Jobs
Commodity Prices Tank
The future of fuel?
Environment
Fuel from straw — a biofuel breakthrough?
Deficit Woes Trim Support for Ethanol
The Future of Biofuels and the Weather
Corn-Powered Politics
Green Cars II: A Higher Octane
Biomass, Climate Friend or Foe?
Food Price Spikes
Cool Fix: Algae from Wastewater
Ethanol’s Bumpy Ride
Food Profiteering
Biofuel the Best Bet?
Biofueling Deforestation
Fuel Alternatives
Running On Straw
Veggie Van
Expired Beverages
Biodiesel
Ethanol By-Products
Arts, Culture & Media
Globally, food prices threaten security
Global Politics
The strange tale of ‘black liquor’ and $25 billion
Business, Economics and Jobs
Food prices and the dairy farmer
Business, Economics and Jobs
Food waste tied to food costs
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global efforts at sustainable development
Business, Economics and Jobs
Australia’s harvest forecast
Business, Economics and Jobs
Fishermen protest rising fuel prices
Arts, Culture & Media
From field to kitchen