http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/21628/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-ignore-ethanol-mandates-most-coverage-historic-drought <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> With corn crops dwindling, ethanol fuel requirements are poised to push prices even higher, something but ABC, CBS and NBC barely acknowledge. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/liz-thatcher">Liz Thatcher</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The severe drought affecting the Midwest this year has caused the latest corn projections to be the <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/243101-biofuels-industry-prepares-for-attack-during-obama-iowa-visit">lowest since 1995</a>. With such a small corn crop, the government mandates that make some of that corn be used for ethanol make even less sense, and will raise prices even further.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-ignore-ethanol-mandates-most-coverage-historic-drought" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Energy Environment Government biofuel corn crop drought EPA ethanol food prices food riots food vs. fuel fuel prices gasoline government mandate inflation prices Regulation scarcity shortage Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0000 julia.seymour 41007 at http://archive2.mrc.org