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Ethanol industry leader dismisses latest RFS attack
Nov 20, 2017, 14:32 PM
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An ethanol industry leader is dismissing a study that says the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has worsened climate change.
“Certain groups continue to try to cherry pick certain numbers to result in something that their bias is already committed to,” says Brian Jennings, CEO of American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE).
The University of Wisconsin study, which was funded by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), said the conversion of natural habitat to cropland that took place following expansion of the RFS in 2007 has caused large amounts of carbon to be released into the atmosphere.
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