We've been telling the EPA and anyone else for decades that burning food crops to power cars was incredibly stupid and counterproductive.
Irony Alert: EPA Finds Ethanol Is Environmentally Damaging
JAZZ SHAWPosted at 2:31 pm on August 4, 2018
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A long-delayed report from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that requiring ethanol made from corn and soybeans to be part of the nation’s gas supply is causing serious environmental harm.
Federal law requires the EPA to assess the environmental impact of the fuel standard every three years, but the new report, issued in July, was four years overdue. According to David DeGennaro with the National Wildlife Federation, the report documents millions of acres of wildlife habitat lost to ethanol crop production, increased nutrient pollution in waterways and air emissions and side effects worse than the gasoline the ethanol is replacing.
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EPA Report Finds Ethanol Causing Environmental Damage
Irony Alert: EPA Finds Ethanol Is Environmentally Damaging
JAZZ SHAWPosted at 2:31 pm on August 4, 2018
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A long-delayed report from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that requiring ethanol made from corn and soybeans to be part of the nation’s gas supply is causing serious environmental harm.
Federal law requires the EPA to assess the environmental impact of the fuel standard every three years, but the new report, issued in July, was four years overdue. According to David DeGennaro with the National Wildlife Federation, the report documents millions of acres of wildlife habitat lost to ethanol crop production, increased nutrient pollution in waterways and air emissions and side effects worse than the gasoline the ethanol is replacing.
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EPA Report Finds Ethanol Causing Environmental Damage