Environmentalists Criticize Corn Ethanol’s GHGs As EV-Fuels Rift Widens

As the rift widens between supporters of electric vehicles (EVs) and liquid fuels, environmentalists are ramping up attacks on corn ethanol as an impediment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, backing a draft commentary on the issue by a panel of EPA advisers that will be considered by the full Science Advisory Board (SAB) this week. In their comments on the draft letter about the renewable fuel standard (RFS), environmental groups echo the report’s finding that “[a]ccording to the best available...