The Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed changes to its biofuels program Tuesday to spur more biofuel use and crack down on waivers issued to refineries by the Trump administration ...

Using animal biofuels in aviation has been touted as a solution for cutting emissions. But the practice may lead to other environmental problems, a study warns.

The country’s primary biofuels policy, the Renewable Fuel Standard, requires that biofuels provide a greenhouse gas reduction over fossil fuels: The law says that ethanol from new plants must ...

The problem biofuel policies sought to address was political, not environmental. Increased agricultural productivity since World War Two meant grain supply outstripped demand, leaving crop prices ...

The U.S. biofuel blending program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) could see its most transformative year yet in 2022, as the Biden Administration must make decisions to reset statutes ...

Biofuels were supposed to be the future. Why is Chevron letting its plants go idle? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks the University of Iowa's Sylvia Secchi for an update on the biofuel industry.

Congress required alcohol in gasoline 15 years ago, launching a multi-billion dollar biofuel industry. For differing reasons, gasoline companies and environmentalists now say this law is out of touch.

But now a study shows that even advanced biofuels may hurt the climate New study casts doubts on the environmental benefits of next-generation ethanol Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV ...

Those interests has also pushed for a higher overall biofuel-blending quota of 25 billion gallons next year. For 2027, the target would also likely remain under that level, with the EPA proposing ...

Unfortunately, the economics of biofuel can’t yet compete with traditional fossil fuels. It all boils down to the bottom line, and currently the scale-up technology required isn’t here yet.

One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from ...