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Ethanol

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

With the planet facing the related crises of climate change and hunger, should land be used to grow food, like corn for ethanol?

By Georgina Gustin

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
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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