2020 Democrats Caught Between Corn and Ethanol Foes in Iowa
- Activists seeking to upend political wisdom on winning state
- They’re undeterred despite few wins to show for their efforts
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Environmentalists are taking their case that corn-based ethanol is bad for the planet to the state that makes more of it than any other: Iowa.
They are bird-dogging presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker at rallies and town halls, trying to dissuade them from making politically convenient pro-ethanol pledges to get votes in corn country. Their message: biofuels are driving environmental harms, from disappearing wetlands to algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico.