Biofuels Personality of the Year finalists

Finalists Vinod Khosla, George W. Bush, Al Gore and Richard Branson are profiled in a series on the 23 finalists for the Biofuels Personality of the Year award.

Other finalists include:  Gloria Arroyo (President, The Philippines ), Ban Ki-Moon (UN Secretary-General), Jeff Broin (CEO, POET), Fidel Castro (former President, Cuba), Red Cavaney (President, American Petroleum Institute), Hugo Chavez (President, Venezuela), Bob Dineen (CEO, Renewable Fuels Association), Dr Jacques Diouf (Director-General, UN FAO), Donald Endres (CEO, VeraSun), José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo (CEO, Petrobras), Tom Harkin (Senator, Iowa), Tony Hayward (CEO, BP), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (President, Brazil), John McCain (Senator, Arizona), Elliott Mannis (CEO, D1 Oils), Willie Nelson (singer, bioactivist), Rubens Ometto (CEO, Cosan), David Pimentel (Professor, Cornell), Bill Richardson (Governor, New Mexico), Dr. Christopher Somerville (Director, Energy Biosciences Institute), Dr. Jean Ziegler (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food).

Voting continues on the biofuelsdigest.com website through December 31st.

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