ANGST RIDDEN GREENIES ADMIT BIOFUEL FAIL

   FP:   The ethanol mandate was born more than a decade ago of good intentions: to reduce tailpipe emissions as part of a larger strategy of tackling global warming. The result has backfired. Admits Henry Waxman, the U.S. congressman credited with the legislation’s passage in 2007, “it’s clear that the RFS has been a net-negative for the environment. Not only has the RFS failed to spur significant development of truly advanced fuels, but conventional biofuels like corn ethanol and soy biodiesel are destroying wildlife habitat at home and abroad, polluting waterways, and increasing global warming pollution.”
    To make amends, Waxman now chairs Mighty Earth, a global environmental organization that is spearheading efforts to kill the environmental monster he helped launch. Its recent report, which calls biofuels “dirtier than dirty old oil,” notes that “soy and palm biodiesel have two and three times the emissions of fossil fuel.” This week his angst only increased with the Trump administration’s decision to permit year-round sales of 15-per-cent blends, which will worsen air pollution in hot summer months.