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Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians Energy Summit scheduled for Quinault Lodge, Apr 11-13

Clinton warns of biofuel impact on poor: Des Moines Register
Former President Bill Clinton sounded a warning today on the impact that biofuels can have on global food prices and political stability. “We have to become energy independent but we don’t want to do it at the expense of food riots,” Clinton said at the Agriculture Department’s annual agricultural outlook conference, which draws agribusiness executives, university experts and others involved in the industry from around the country.

Turning Forests Into Fuel: Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in Northeastern U.S.: ScienceDaily
Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States. That's according to a new report released February 17 by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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