Are+biofuels+sustainable?

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[|Biofuels Expansion. Congressional Digest, June 2008.]

Includes "Legislative Background" on 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which mandated an increase in motor vehicle fuel consumption efficiency and directed fuel suppliers to increase the use of biofuels -- which will be useful for your first paragraph, on the background to the debate.

__ no __ Charles Drevna, for the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA). Gawain Kripke, for Oxfam America Scott Faber, for Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

__ yes __ Bob Dinneen, for the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). Nathaneal Greene, for Natural Resources Defense Council ([|NRDC]) Rick Tolman, for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

**__ other yes/no resources __**
YES: Keith Kline, Virginia Dale, Russell Lee and Paul Leiby, "[|In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right]," //Issues in Science and Technology,// Spring 2009.

YES: [|British Petroleum: Biofuels]

NO: Donald Mitchell, "A Note on Rising Food Prices," The World Bank Development Prospects Group, July 2008. 

NO @http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725975,00.html  The Clean Energy Scam by Michael Grunwald 

NO @http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7026105.stm Will biofuel leave the poor hungry? By Maggie Ayre

**__ other resources __**
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Richard Doornbosch and Ronald Steenblik. “ [|Biofuels: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?] ” 12 September 2007

United Nations Environment Programme (2009) [|Towards sustainable production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels.]