Fueling Destruction
The federal mandate to blend corn-based ethanol with gasoline has resulted in a number of unintended and devastating consequences. The recent demand for corn to fill our fuel tanks--as well as feed ourselves and our livestock--has prompted landowners to turn more and more of their lands into fields. As a result, deforestation rates in the upper plains have more than doubled, grasslands have been removed from CRP, wildlife habitat have been destroyed, water quality has declined, and water consumption has increased. The following report details the unintended effects of an ethanol-driven fuel economy and calls on Congress to fix the Renewable Fuel Standard. Read more at "Fueling Destruction."