2008-07-08 Biofuels fuel global food crisis. Toronto Star, Canada.

In July 2008, a leaked World Bank report declared that biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 per cent, far higher than previously estimated.

Some have speculated that the World Bank's findings have been kept under wraps to avoid embarrassing U.S. President George W. Bush, whose administration has argued that biofuels are responsible for only 3 per cent of the rise in food process.

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