When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected a request to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard in November 2012, it examined a wide variety of evidence, including modeling of the impact that a waiver would have on ethanol use, corn prices, and food prices.
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Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc,[5] IPA: [Êan daÊk]; 6 January c. 1412[6] â 30 May 1431), nicknamed The Maid of OrlÃ©ans (French: La Pucelle d'OrlÃ©ans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.