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Al Gore's Alcohol Problem: Admits Ethanol Subsidies a Mistake

The defender of the environment now admits ethanol was a mistake. Will Congress heed his advice and end the corn industry's $7 billion subsidy when it expires this month?

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L: Corn is loaded into a truck on a farm in South Dakota on Jul. 8, 2008. R: Al Gore at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York on Sep. 24, 2008. (Photo: Getty Images (2)

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