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The World Health Organization (WHO) on May 17 declared a "public health emergency of international concern" related to an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus—less virulent than the more common Zaire ebolavirus.

The outbreak was first detected in Ituri Province in Congo. As of May 16, there have been 80 suspected deaths across at least three of Congo's health zones, including Bunia, Rwampara, and Mongbwalu. Another eight cases have been confirmed, and 246 suspected cases are undergoing testing. Congo's health minister said the fatality rate for Bundibugyo ebolavirus can reach 50 percent.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that the outbreak was of "international concern" after two confirmed cases were reported across the border in Kampala, Uganda—one on May 15 and the other on May 16. The infected individuals had traveled to Uganda from Congo. One has since died from the Bundibugyo virus infection.

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It takes more fossil fuel energy to make a gallon of corn ethanol than a gallon of gasoline.

In 2005 and 2007, Congress passed the Energy Policy and Energy Independence and Security Acts that together created the Renewable Fuel Standard program. RFS had three stated objectives: to improve U.S. energy security, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to support rural economies and agricultural development.

Instead, RFS has increased motor fuel prices, increased food prices, put millions of carbon-sequestering acres of land into intensive cultivation, increased greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and increased water consumption and pollution.

The gallons of U.S. gasoline displaced by federal ethanol blending mandates are being exported to Mexico and other nations. The great success of RFS has been the hand of the government transferring wealth from motorists to big agriculture corporations.

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It takes more fossil fuel energy to make a gallon of corn ethanol than a gallon of gasoline.

In 2005 and 2007, Congress passed the Energy Policy and Energy Independence and Security Acts that together created the Renewable Fuel Standard program. RFS had three stated objectives: to improve U.S. energy security, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to support rural economies and agricultural development.

Instead, RFS has increased motor fuel prices, increased food prices, put millions of carbon-sequestering acres of land into intensive cultivation, increased greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and increased water consumption and pollution.

The gallons of U.S. gasoline displaced by federal ethanol blending mandates are being exported to Mexico and other nations. The great success of RFS has been the hand of the government transferring wealth from motorists to big agriculture corporations.

Ethanol mandates causes food scarcity.