From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The federal mandate to blend ethanol into our gasoline, which is one component of the Renewable Fuel Standard, has been a disaster for wildlife species—encouraging and subsidizing the destruction of vanishing ecosystems. Grassland birds like the short-eared owls have seen … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-16/climate-change-air-quality/study-ethanol-mandate-adding-to-carbon-pollution/a60306-1 November 16, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window More than 7 million acres of grassland and forest has been converted to agricultural production for ethanol production. (Ratfink1973/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued