Regent defends intervening with U. Iowa on ethanol

Published February 19, 2013 11:09pm ET



IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Regent Bruce Rastetter intervened on behalf of ethanol industry leaders who were upset with a prominent University of Iowa researcher for warning that water-intensive ethanol production was threatening Iowa’s water supply, records show.

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