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Friday, July 4, 2008 12:00 AM

A biofuel food-price bombshell

The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Saturday, July 5, 2008 03:01 PM

    Anyone Else Offended by this Line?

    From The Guardian article, as quoted by Andrew:

    Senior development sources believe the report, completed in April, has not been published to avoid embarrassing President George Bush.

    This is important information for policy makers. Failure to publish this report could mean continued hunger and death for the world's poorest. But it isn't published to spare poor ol' Preznit Bush. How touching.

    —ramoncreager Read ramoncreager's other letters

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