Eric Holt-Giménez and Joe Brewer discuss biofuels on KPFA radio

Eric Holt-Giménez, executive director of Food First, was recently in RAN’s offices to talk to our staff about biofuels. You can hear him talk about the issue in this interview from KPFA radio in Berkley: “How did such a bad idea gain such incredible currency?” Listen and find out. Also in the interview was Joe [...]

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Framing the energy debate

Joe Brewer at the Rockridge Institute just posted an interesting analysis of the energy debate in this country. Even though one finds a lot of rhetorical similarities between conservative and progressive approaches the problem of energy, the underlaying frames — their hidden assumptions and values — differ greatly. The post correctly identifies biofuels as an [...]

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