The Renewable Fuel Standard is a federal mandate that requires fuel suppliers to blend a minimum percentage of ethanol fuel into gasoline. Professor William F. Shughart II and CGO Graduate Research Fellow Arthur R. Wardle write about the negative environmental and economic impacts associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Read the full piece as it was published by The Independent Institute.
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