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Corn Ethanol Will Not Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions


California regulators may rule that the biofuel is no better--and might be worse--than petroleum for solving climate change


As they see it, corn is no better – and might be worse – than petroleum when total greenhouse gas emissions are considered.

Such a declaration, to be considered later this week by the California Air Resources Board, would be a considerable blow to the corn-ethanol industry in the United States.