Environment The Oil Industry and Environmentalists Form an Odd Alliance Against Trump on Ethanol It could be years before farmers see any gains from the rollback of E15 restrictions—or before oil interests and environmental groups see any losses. Emily Moon
Environment News in Brief Trump’s Ethanol Deregulation Could Hurt More People Than It Helps Ethanol won't save us from oil dependence—or climate change. Emma Sarappo
Environment New Biofuels Could Cut Emissions and Preserve Land Used to Grow Food Researchers combine ecological and economic models to examine the benefits of growing grass as fuel. Nathan Collins
News in Brief It’s Time to Come Clean With Iowans About the Problems With Ethanol The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will presidential candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much? Jeff Turrentine
Environment Not Ready for Prime Time: Making Fuel Out of Invasive Plants When it comes to making ethanol, taking a hard, second look at seemingly great ideas is smart policy. Michael Todd
Environment Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence. Joan Melcher
Nature & Technology News in Brief Previous Site Sections Ecologist Dismisses ‘Ethanol Solution’ Townsend notes that producing corn for ethanol use requires intensively fertilized fields, which produce 'the forgotten greenhouse gas.' Michael Todd