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Ethanol

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

A longtime critic of U.S. biofuels says an expansion of biofuels policy under President Donald Trump would lead to more greenhouse gas emissions and fewer food crops.

By Georgina Gustin

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

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Are Struggling to Take Off Amid Greenwashing Claims

By Kiley Price

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz attends the Farmfest agricultural forum on Aug. 2, 2023 in Morgan, Minnesota. Credit: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images

VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation

By Georgina Gustin

A view of the POET ethanol plant in Lake Crystal, Minn. Credit: Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

Biofuel Refineries Are Releasing Toxic Air Pollutants in Farm Communities Across the US

By Georgina Gustin

Carbon dioxide pipelines transport CO2 captured from ethanol processing plants like this one in Menlo, Iowa. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Just How Much Money Do CO2 Pipeline Companies Stand to Make From the Inflation Reduction Act?

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Kristoffer Tigue

An aerial view from a drone shows a grain cart transferring corn to a transport truck as they harvest in a field on Oct. 12, 2019 in Baxter, Iowa. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

As Russia’s War In Ukraine Disrupts Food Production, Experts Question the Expanding Use of Cropland for Biofuels

By Georgina Gustin

Kelly Nieuwenhuis, farmer, with his grain auger loading corn into his semi-tractor trailer used to haul grain to ethanol plants in Primghar, Iowa on Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Kathryn Gamble for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

Biofuel Grass a Heavy Drinker

By Lisa Song

Scottish Scientists Develop Whisky Biofuel

By Guest Writer

Biofuels Industry Blames Washington for Holding Back Cellulosic Ethanol

By Stacy Feldman

As Cars and People Compete for Grain, Price of Grain and Oil Move Together

By Lester R. Brown

Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism

By Dave Levitan

Ethanol Production Follows the Subsidies

By Dave Levitan

Will Extending the Ethanol Tax Credit Slow Progress Toward Advanced Biofuels?

By Dave Levitan

EPA Recalculates Land Use Changes, Gives Corn Ethanol Thumbs Up

By Stacy Morford

Turning Food Into Fuel While Families Go Hungry

By Max Ajl

Biofuels: Hope or Hype?

By Jeanne Roberts

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