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Why ethanol production will drive world food prices even higher in 2008

January 25, 2008 - Exclusive - With food costs rising, Lester Brown says it's time to ask if the fuel value of grain is really worth more than its food value.

Learning from the past

September 30, 2007 - Exclusive - History shows what happens when man doesn't play well with nature. Read about three civilizations that fell when their local ecosystems could no longer sustain them.

Brown calls for end to ethanol euphoria

March 21, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Environmentalist Lester Brown wants to raise auto fuel efficiency standards to prevent world starvation.
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Corn ethanol crisis looming, says watchdog

January 8, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Environmentalist Lester R. Brown wants a moratorium on new ethanol plants, warning of a global catastrophe. Full Story »

Brown of the EPI on the ethanol food vs. fuel debate

January 8, 2007 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"The grain it takes to fill a 25-gallon tank with ethanol just once will feed one person for a whole year."
— Lester R. Brown of the Earth Policy Institute on the inefficiency of corn as an ethanol feedstock
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