Last night's "60 Minutes" featured a report from correspondent Dan Rather about ethanol. The tone of the story was suggested by its title: "The Ethanol Solution." Rather and producer Michael Rosenbaum ...

The list of potential Hoosier ethanol plants is nothing short of astounding for a state that had just one ethanol-fuel distillery as recently as 2005. Beyond the six ethanol plants now operating and ...

This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of 15% ethanol fuel blends (E15) for 2011-2006 model year cars: EPA Grants E15 Fuel Waiver for Model Years 2001 – 2006 Cars and ...

Jul. 10—ONIDA, S.D. — The ethanol plant explosion that rocked Onida on Sunday afternoon is still under investigation by the South Dakota State Fire Marshal. Witnesses in the area said they heard and ...

During the past several months, as lawmakers and energy experts have warned of a looming energy crisis, one alternative to gasoline that has been considered is ethanol, an alcohol fuel produced from ...

The renewable fuels leader is executing its long-term strategy -- and more improvements are around the corner in 2017. The $300 million valuation also fails to account for strategic value-building ...

Amid rising gasoline prices and falling corn prices, ethanol may be poised for a comeback of sorts, even if only a temporary one. Even though conventional wisdom is that crude has to reach about $100 ...

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is the alcohol used to create beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages. Ethanol is also produced as an alternative fuel to gasoline. In the U.S., more than 9 billion gallons of ...

SAN PIERRE, IND. — The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the rewards of ...

So much for the fuel of the future. By pulling backFriday on an effort to guarantee ethanol an ever-growing share of the nation’s gasoline supply, the Obama administration could be putting a ...

* Photo: Dan Winters * Prologue The Chemistry__On a blackboard,__ it looks so simple: Take a plant and extract the cellulose. Add some enzymes and convert the cellulose molecules into sugars. Ferment ...

When Mark Marquis started building his $180 million ethanol plant along the Illinois River, turning corn into fuel seemed like a license to print money. Ethanol enjoyed the unflinching support of the ...