Corn ethanol is fueling the rapidly expanding geologic carbon storage industry, which is bringing a new set of problems to the Midwest . The 2005 Renewable Fuel Standard mandated ethanol in gasoline as a transition fuel to more sustainable biofuels that never materialized .
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Carbon Capture Scale Up Brings New Problems to the Midwest
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Sequestration subsidies are a boon for ethanol. But the agricultural system and technology it relies on pose risks.
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