Drought Withers U.S. Corn Crop, Heats Debate on Ethanol
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 16:00
in Earth & Climate
With the U.S. corn harvest shriveled by drought, pressure builds to suspend the national ethanol mandate. But it's not easy to turn off the biofuel pumps.
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