Ethanol fuel, often lauded for its environmental benefits, has become a common additive in gasoline. However, its impact on ...

The Trump administration’s intention to authorize year-round sale of gasoline blended with a 15 percent ethanol mixture, announced Monday, perpetuates bad energy policy, both economically and ...

Q: At most gas pumps you see a decal on the pump stating “May Contain Ethanol.” Exactly what does this mean? Are they selling regular unleaded gas all the time, some of the time, or whenever they can?

Small engine maker Briggs & Stratton Co. has introduced a fuel additive that it says will help prevent problems in gasoline engines using ethanol. Petroleum companies use a 10 percent blend of ethanol ...

Although ethanol is one of the earliest biotechnologies, it wasn’t until the energy crisis of the 1970s that ethanol was widely used as an additive to gasoline. Back then, concerns about the price of ...

Like so many matters of public concern, the national dialogue on ethanol tends to the ahistorical and under-informed. Muddying things further is the fact the main parties to this debate—the one over ...

The state ban on the fuel additive MTBE was upheld in a federal appeals court this week, but drinking water supplies may be threatened by another fuel additive — ethanol, said Dennis Cocking, ...

Virtually every driver in the country could be pumping gasoline containing corn-produced ethanol by 2012 under a plan approved Thursday by the Senate. The proposal, incorporated into a broader energy ...

If you own a gas-powered mower, you’ve probably wondered whether it’s worth hunting down ethanol-free fuel or if regular pump ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Drivers in eight Midwestern states, including Wisconsin, will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a final rule announced by the Environmental ...

Researchers at the US Dept of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, working with Northern Illinois University, have discovered a new catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol ...

One month after gas stations were allowed to start selling fuel without ethanol, Hawaii drivers are still stuck with mostly the same blended gasoline. The new law removes the mandate that required up ...