This video segment adapted from NOVA examines ethanol, a cleaner-burning fuel alternative to gasoline, and the efforts to produce it more efficiently. Today, most ethanol in the United States is made ...

Biofuel advocates say the industry is at an inflection point. They’re calling on the new administration to increase ethanol and biodiesel volumes in the country's fuel supply, expand E15 gasoline and ...

Dan McLean, shown Wednesday, March 6, 2024, points to where Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed carbon dioxide pipeline would cross his land near Menoken, N.D. The project has drawn opposition from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein covers global energy and climate issues. Most Americans are still grilling and using propane to do so — at a cost ...

Yeast already helps make bread and beer and cranks out the biofuel ethanol, but scientists believe it can be used to create an even more efficient fuel called isobutanol. Normally, yeast only creates ...

Plants making ethanol, biodiesel and other biofuels, including some in Michigan, are major emitters of toxic air pollution despite their image as purveyors of a green alternative to gasoline and ...

Des Moines, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and some of ...

MENOKEN, N.D. – Some day, the passenger jets that soar 35,000 feet (10.6 kilometers) over Dan McLean’s North Dakota farm could be fueled by corn grown on his land and millions of other acres across ...