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Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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The US Renewable Fuel Standard is the world’s largest existing biofuel program, yet despite its prominence, there has been limited empirical assessment of the program’s environmental outcomes. Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard Tyler J. Lark https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4583-687
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  • The US Renewable Fuel Standard is the world’s largest existing biofuel program, yet despite its prominence, there has been limited empirical assessment of the program’s environmental outcomes.
  • Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard Tyler J. Lark https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4583-6878
  • We find that the RFS increased corn prices by 30% and the prices of other crops by 20%, which, in turn, expanded US corn cultivation by 2.8 Mha (8.7%) and total cropland by 2.1 Mha (2.4%) in the years following policy enactment (2008 to 2016).

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