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Biofuels, Indirect Land Use Change, and Global Warming Emissions

November 11, 2020 Category: Policy, Transportation Work Area: Land Systems

When the Renewable Fuel Standard, a biofuel consumption mandate, creates demand in the United States for ethanol and biodiesel, the agricultural sector responds by growing more of the crops that can be used to make biofuel—crops like corn and soybeans.