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It’s been seven years since America hit the accelerator on corn-based ethanol fuels. Homegrown corn became the centerpiece of a push to find an…
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The ethanol refinery for Carbon Green Bioenergy rises up out of the cornfields outside Lake Odessa Michigan.The refinery was built in 2006. Mitch Miller,…
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was in Michigan today to promote the use of biofuels. He appeared at the NASCAR race at Michigan International…
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Michigan corn farmers may be losing a ‘safety net’. The Congress is expected to vote soon on ending ethanol subsidies. The move is expected to save the…
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Subsidies for ethanol are being put to the test again in the Senate as budget cutters try to demonstrate a growing appetite in Congress to end special…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says gas stations can now sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol for all cars built in 2001 or after. Right now,…
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The farm lobby has been pushing hard to increase the amount of ethanol allowed to be mixed into gasoline. And it seems like the Obama Administration is…
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Fuel-makers blend refined gasoline with ethanol to make it burn more cleanly.Corn-based ethanol has been considered a much better fuel additive since MTBE…