Trump’s Ethanol Deregulation Could Hurt More People Than It Helps
Ethanol won't save us from oil dependence—or climate change.
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It’s Time to Come Clean With Iowans About the Problems With Ethanol
The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will presidential candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?
The Environmental Downside of Biofuel Crops
A new survey reveals that biofuel crops have expanded onto millions of acres of new land, with serious consequences for the environment.
The Fescue Conundrum: Think Grass-Fed Beef Is Natural? It’s Time to Think Again
It may be better than the alternative, but it’s entirely disingenuous for producers and consumers to justify eating grass-fed beef on the essentialist grounds that it was “meant to be” that way.
The DNA of Corn: Mexican Peasants vs. Techno-science
Even as corn prices rise with the demand for biofuels, a simmering dispute percolates in Mexico where genetically modified imports from the U.S. are both welcomed and damned.