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A tiny sliver of transitional rain forest is surrounded by hectares of soybean fields in the Mato Grosso state, Brazil.
Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008

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  • Michael Grunwald
  • Ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it?
Photo: John Lee / Aurora Select for TIME | Source: Hyped as an eco-friendly fuel, ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it?