Ethanol Boom Lining Pockets of Chemical Fertilizer Companies

Investors have chemical fertilizer companies at the top of their to-do lists, according to a recent ranking of 200 industries. The reason? A 15 percent increase in corn planting due to the government subsidies for ethanol. But all that nitrogen flows into the Gulf of Mexico and wreaks havoc with the country's most economically important fishery.



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