As his American company Summit Carbon Solutions struggles with backlash to a carbon capture pipeline linking corn ethanol plants across the Midwest, Bruce Rastetter is not slowing down. Instead, he’s celebrating some big wins for his Brazilian company, FS Fueling Sustainability, from new ethanol-friendly climate policy to government funding for their carbon capture project. 

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Additional resources:

The link between corn ethanol and deforestation

Peer-reviewed research on the climate problems associated with corn ethanol 

An explainer on BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration) 

Reading list on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) 

Read more about the Summit Pipeline project

Carbon Herald on the push to connect Midwest ethanol plants to carbon capture 

Brazilian government document on technical mission to US midwest 

Travel schedule of Brazilian government officials while in the Midwest 

Read more about the explosion of corn ethanol in Brazil: https://drilled.media/news/ethanol-story1

As his American company Summit Carbon Solutions struggles with backlash to a carbon capture pipeline linking corn ethanol plants across the Midwest, Bruce Rastetter is not slowing down. Instead, he&rsquo;s celebrating some big wins for his Brazilian company, FS Fueling Sustainability, from new ethanol-friendly climate policy to government funding for their carbon capture project. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drilled/id1439735906">Apple Podcasts</a> or at <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/join-pushkin">pushkin.fm/plus</a>. Additional resources:
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-12/documents/environmental_challenges_associated_with_corn_ethanol_production.pdf">The link between corn ethanol and deforestation</a>
<a href="https://news.wisc.edu/at-bioenergy-crossroads-should-corn-ethanol-be-left-in-the-rearview-mirror/">Peer-reviewed research on the climate problems associated with corn ethanol</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://news.wisc.edu/at-bioenergy-crossroads-should-corn-ethanol-be-left-in-the-rearview-mirror/">An explainer on BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration)</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/enhanced-oil-recovery">Reading list on enhanced oil recovery (EOR)</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://drilled.media/news/summit-carbon-pipeline">Read more about the Summit Pipeline project</a>
<a href="https://carbonherald.com/from-corn-to-co2-how-the-midwest-is-powering-the-carbon-capture-drive/#:~:text=Summit%20Carbon%20Solutions%20is%20now,ethanol%20plants%20to%20underground%20storage">Carbon Herald on the push to connect Midwest ethanol plants to carbon capture</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://atosoficiais.com.br/anp/decisao-de-diretoria-n-488-2025-afastamento-do-pais-visita-tecnica-a-beccs-dakota-do-norte-usa?origin=instituicao&amp;q=Disney++us&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com">Brazilian government document on technical mission to US midwest</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28076897-travel-schedule-beccs-gevo-technical-visit/">Travel schedule of Brazilian government officials while in the Midwest</a>&nbsp; Read more about the explosion of corn ethanol in Brazil:&nbsp;<a href="https://drilled.media/news/ethanol-story1">https://drilled.media/news/ethanol-story1</a>

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach.

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Drilled: The Propagandist begins on August 25th. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear all three episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach. In 2016, Facebook Live was just getting started&mdash;the first baby step of the video content universe we know today. It helped make the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline a global concern, but it also gave the pipeline company and the private security firm it hired a whole host of new tools to shape the narrative around those protests. At the 10-year mark after Standing Rock, Drilled teams up with High Country News to look at the early days of corporate digital propaganda, how it worked, and how it connects to the massive disinformation efforts we&rsquo;re dealing with today. Reported and written by investigative reporter Alleen Brown, and culled from thousands of never-before-published internal documents from private security firm Tiger Swan, The Propagandist offers a unique window into the world of corporate espionage and what it has to do with the disinformation ecosystem we&rsquo;re still dealing with today. Drilled: The Propagandist begins on August 25th. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear all three episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/plus">pushkin.fm/plus</a>.

A true-crime podcast about climate change, hosted and reported by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt.

Drilled: The Propagandist

The Carbon Gold Rush

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