World Bank finally releases 'secret' report on biofuels and the food crisis. by Tom Philpott (Gristmill) Remember a few weeks ago, when The Guardian leaked word of a "secret" World Bank report that essentially blames U.S. and (to a lesser extent) E.U. biofuel policies for causing the global food crisis? You know, the food crisis that continues to generate excoriating hunger in the global south? Well, the World Bank quietly released a modified version of the report this week. Actually, The Guardian posted the original bootleg version, dated April 8, a week after its scoop; I missed it at the time. Well, now I've read both versions, which are substantially the same (the new version has a brief additional section discussing other researchers' takes on biofuel and food prices). My judgment: This is a bombshell, and a stark...
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