Deficit Woes Trim Support for Ethanol

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Conservatives seeking deep cuts to the deficit have found a five billion-dollar target in the ethanol tax credit. As they work with environmentalists to defeat it, the corn ethanol industry pushes for compromise. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports from Washington on the politics of biofuels policy.

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