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corn ethanol

Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions

Climate lawsuits are a largely nonexistent threat to farmers in the state, but ethanol producers could benefit from the law.

By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin

A view of the POET Bioprocessing ethanol plant in Jewell, Iowa. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

A combine harvests corn alongside a tractor near Northland, Minn. Credit: Richard Hamilton Smith/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer

A view of an ethanol production plant on March 20, 2024, near Ravenna, Neb. Credit: David Madison/Getty Images

Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims

By Georgina Gustin

An aerial view shows farmworkers harvesting corn on Oct. 31, 2023 near McIntire, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As California Pushes Increased Ethanol Use, Experts Sound the Alarm on Environmental Impacts

By Nina B. Elkadi

A cornfield in Illinois

Corn Ethanol Subsidies Lose More Ground

By Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian

BrightSource Energy’s Solar Energy Development Center in Israel’s Negev Desert.

Droughts Threaten New Energy Plans: Study

By Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

An Uphill Battle on Ethanol Subsidy

By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News

corn field with tractor

Ethanol Industry's Delicate Balance

Kevin Dobbs, Midwest Energy News

A cornfield

U.S. Corn Ethanol Boom Fuels Farmland Price Spike

By Kevin Dobbs, Midwest Energy News

Cornfield with truck

Bill to End Ethanol Credit Faces Uncertain Fate

By Elizabeth McGowan

EPA Ethanol Expansion Hardens a Divide

By Elizabeth McGowan

Crunch Time for Ethanol Subsidy

By Elizabeth McGowan

Corn Ethanol Boom Driving 'Dead Zone' Expansion, Federal Scientists Say

By Stacy Feldman

Corn Ethanol Subsidy Under Siege from Many Quarters, Renewal in Question

By Stacy Feldman

Battle Over Extension of $31Bn Corn Ethanol Subsidy Heats Up

By Stacy Feldman

EPA Recalculates Land Use Changes, Gives Corn Ethanol Thumbs Up

By Stacy Morford

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