EPA boosts use of biofuels

A plan finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency sets biofuel blending volumes at 20.94 billion gallons in 2023, 21.54 billion gallons in 2024 and 22.33 billion gallons in 2025.

Study finds corn-based ethanol contributes to global warming

Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a published story. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research commissioned by the US Department of

Ethanol no better than gasoline, study finds

Though popular with Midwestern farmers and long hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative to imported oil, ethanol made from corn isn’t actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds. But UW-Madison researchers say there are home-grown alternatives being developed at laboratories in Madison. Corn-based ethanol, which accounts for virtually all US biofuels, doesn’t really