Investigation uncovers dirty secret about widely used agricultural product: 'Exposes the bitter truth'

Investigation uncovers dirty secret about widely used agricultural product: 'Exposes the bitter truth'

Some agricultural fertilizers marketed as sustainable in Europe may not be quite as clean as they seem, reports The Guardian.  An investigation found that ammonia used in fertilizer production is being made in Texas using shale gas, a highly polluting, dirty fuel, despite the green claims from the companies involved. What's happening? Chemical giants Yara and BASF opened an ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas, in 2018, with claims of "cost-efficien…