Report: U.S. Biofuel Mandate Driving International Deforestation
A new investigative report, “Burned: Deception, Deforestation, and America’s Biodiesel Policy,” by Mighty Earth and ActionAid USA look at the U.S. biofuel mandate’s role in driving massive international deforestation. The report finds that the U.S. biofuel mandate, or Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)– which requires increasing biofuel consumption through 2022– has driven Argentina to increase soy-based […]