Study: Ethanol harmful to the climate

Published August 25, 2016 3:28pm ET



A new study says ethanol does little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may actually be making climate change worse.

The study was funded by the oil and gas industry’s lead trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, which has been fighting the federal program mandating refiners to blend ethanol into the nation’s gasoline supply.

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