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 Stories About: coal AND energy AND ethanol AND Muckraker
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Warts and Ethanol
A new reliance on coal could sap green cred from the ethanol industry |
Amanda Griscom Little |
26 May 2006 |
Muckraker |
| As ethanol boosterism spreads far and wide -- from Bush's bully pulpit to the New York Times editorial page to green-group press releases -- a quietly emerging trend is threatening to undermine the biofuel's environmental credibility. How green is this ethanol plant? Photo: iStockphoto. More and more ethanol manufacturers are looking to power their plants with cheap coal i ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, ethanol, Muckraker (all these topics) |
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