Good News Bad News of Energy Bill

The watered-down energy bill passed by the Senate on Thursday raised fuel-economy standards by 40 percent-not a bad thing. Congress also boosted the production of biofuels to 36 billion gallons per year by 2022-and 21 billion must come from something other than corn-based ethanol, which is good since it takes more fossil fuel to make corn ethanol than corn ethanol saves. According to

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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