Ethanol plants like this Adkins Energy LLC plant in Lena, Ill. use an average of four gallons of water per gallon of fuel they produce. When irrigated corn is used that number can balloon to nearly 1,000 gallons of water. (Photo by Rob Runyan)
By Rob Runyan/Medill
Watergy
No, it’s not the newest vitamin-enhanced thirst quencher on the […]
Water resources finally get their day in Congress
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · Barack, Barack Obama, Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology, Congress, corn, corn prices, Election 2008, Energy, energy independence, energy security, ethanol, John McCain, policy, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, RFS, Rick Perry, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Texas, The National Water Research and Development Initiative, water, watergy
McCain Fighting for California
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
John McCain opened his California campaign headquarters in Torrance on Wednesday, sending a first signal that he does not intend to concede the traditionally Democratic-leaning state.
McCain’s California campaign chair, Bill Jones, addressed a crowd of about 50 volunteers and elected officials to drive home that message. “It is important to understand that California is clearly […]
Tags: · California, Campaign 2008, Election 2008, John McCain, Republicans
EJ Dionne on “Souled Out,” the decline of the Religious Right
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · clinton, EJ Dionne, Election 2008, Eliott Spitzer, Jeremiah Wright, obama, Souled Out
