Inconvenient Fact: Ethanol Mandates Harm U.S. Grasslands

Inconvenient Fact: Ethanol Mandates Harm U.S. Grasslands

"Ethanol nearly doubles greenhouse emissions." - Science Magazine America's ethanol mandates have turned vast amounts of conservation lands—a collective area larger than the Yellowstone, Everglades and Yosemite national parks combined—into monoculture cropland intended for ethanol production. This massive land conversion displaces wildlife, depletes the soil of nutrients, reduces biodiversity, pollutes American waterways and increases greenhouse gas emissions. Take action against ethanol mandates here: http://goo.gl/xfOYQd