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American farmers have diverted 40 percent of
corn production from food to fuel, yet the National
Academy of Sciences claims that ethanol production
increases greenhouse gas emissions and raises food
prices worldwide. The National Association of Clean
Air is another agency that believes that the burning of
higher ethanol blend causes an increase in emissions of
nitrogen oxides and other harmful pollutants.
So why is the EPA supporting ethanol? One
reason is that the ethanol industry has significant
political influence. Another reason is that the EPA
administrator has dictatorial powers and he can issue
mandates without Senate approval.

President Trump has ordered the Environmental
Protection Agency to take information about carbon
emissions off its website while cutting agency budgets.
These actions are a part of his plan to dismantle
President Obama’s climate policies and make life easier
for America’s fuel industry; he has ordered a freeze on
all new regulations coming out of federal agencies.
There is no shortage of oil and oil does not come from
fossils.

President Trump spoke against the Paris Climate
Agreement while campaigning, which President Obama
signed without the advice or consent of the Senate.
Because Congress never approved the agreement, the
agreement is called an accord and not a treaty.
According to the United Nations web page:

“The Paris Agreement’s central aim is
to strengthen the global response to the
threat of climate change by keeping a

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