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Millions of Acres of Grasslands Cleared For Biofuel Crops in U.S., Study Finds
2015-04-06 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Biofuel crops expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin. Using high-resolution satellite imagery, the researchers calculated that converting grasslands to croplands for corn and soy biofuels could have emitted as much carbon dioxide as 34 coal-fired power plants operating for one year, or the equivalent of an additional 28 million cars on the road. Nearly...
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