Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint.

Of course, policies that would mitigate climate impact got stripped out by the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Good reporting by Floodlight

https://floodlightnews.org/corn-ethanol-clean-energy-vs-climate-costs/

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Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint

Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.

Floodlight