"Limit eased on summer ethanol sales"

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May 31, 2019

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"Ben Leard of Resources for the Future says more ethanol could mean shrinking forests.

"'Some landowners could shift their range or their forests into cropland to produce more ethanol and that would have potential impacts on overall greenhouse gas emissions,' he said."

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Benjamin Leard

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Benjamin Leard is a university fellow at RFF.

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