The rise of ethanol as a fuel source improved air quality in Brazil, but it also damaged water quality, ecosystems, and certain communities.

Listen as Jennifer Eaglin discusses the evolution of sugar-based ethanol as a fuel source for transportation and the lessons that governments can draw from that evolution for their own development of alternative energy sources on this new episode of the Resources Radio podcast. Eaglin and Raimi also talk about how the ethanol industry came to prominence in Brazil and how its use improved air quality while damaging water quality, ecosystems, and certain Brazilian communities.