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Obama administration announces lower quotas for ethanol in gasoline

2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Barack Obama on Friday backed away from the notion of corn ethanol representing a cure for climate change, as he proposed to cut the amount of ethanol that is blended into the US gasoline supply. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would for the first time seek to lower quotas for ethanol that have diverted close to 40% of America's corn crop from the global food chain and into the country's gas tanks. The EPA said it would seek to reduce the quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard, from...

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