The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a final rule permitting drivers in eight Midwestern states to use a higher blend of ethanol year-round. The fuel additive consumes roughly 40% of the ...

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 ...

What’s this have to do with the Midwest? Ethanol has a lot to do with the Midwest — specifically, the Corn Belt, which extends from Ohio to Nebraska and Kansas. Because of the Renewable Fuel Standard ...

As part of the negotiations over the Farm Bill, which is expected to be voted on by the House of Representatives this week, a ...

Folks have been experimenting with ethanol in modern combustion engines even when they weren't so modern. Nicolaus Otto, the inventor of the traditional four-cycle engine, used it to power one of his ...

The U.S. government’s own scientists on Sept. 21 questioned whether corn-based ethanol is better for the environment than traditional petroleum-based fuels, nearly two decades after Congress first ...

This story was co-published with Popular Science. Electric vehicles are becoming more and more commonplace on the nation’s roadways. With EVs taking the streets by storm, an unlikely industry now ...