Harvey shutters a fifth of U.S. refining capacity, releases hazardous pollutants

The federal ethanol mandate no longer makes sense, but farm-state governors and other proponents continue to ignore the facts, says a federal energy policy manager for the R Street Institute. (Governing)

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