New study highlights environmental, economic shortcomings of federal biofuel laws

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 13:00 in Earth & Climate

The federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its overreliance on corn ethanol has created additional environmental problems in its 10-year history, resulting in unmet targets for cutting air pollution, water contamination and soil erosion, concludes a new study released by University of Tennessee researchers.

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