Governors' Biofuels Coalition

The U.S. Navy launched its largest alternative fuel test to date on Wednesday, pumping 20,000 gallons of algae-based fuel into a destroyer ship that will embark on a 20-hour trip along the California coast.

Beginning next month, the few motorists who own natural gas-powered autos will be able to fuel them at Iowa’s first natural gas pump at the Krueger’s BP on Highway 141 northwest of Des Moines

The ethanol industry has had a profitable year despite the jump in corn prices , but the industry faces a slew of headwinds, including overcapacity and political pressure to cut generous incentives.

In Nebraska, a new grant awarded by USDA will be used to promote flex fuel vehicles, flex fuel pumps, and driver education. The grant was announced at a meeting of the Nebraska Ethanol Board today.

Biofuels and wind power are having the biggest new impact in American power generation, according to a report released today by the U.S. Energy Department. Consumption of biofuels has risen 16-fold since 2000 and wind power use has seen an eight-fold increase during the same period.

Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism Congested cities are fast becoming test tubes for scientists studying the impact of traffic fumes on the brain. As roadways choke on traffic, researchers suspect that the tailpipe exhaust from cars and trucks—especially tiny carbon particles already implicated in heart disease, cancer and […]

A vast coalition of environmental, taxpayer, agricultural and business groups are urging congressional leaders to block all efforts to continue federal support for corn ethanol in any budget deals.

This week, two U.S. airlines will be flying passengers on flights powered by biofuels for the first time. On Monday a Continental flight from Houston to Chicago used a biofuel blend made in part from algae, and Wednesday Alaska Airlines is set to fly passengers using a fuel made in part from cooking oil.

A Canadian economic think tank has released a positive review on the potential of ethanol as an alternative to petroleum fuel, asserting that corn- and wheat-based fuel creates no pressure on food resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in a life-cycle analysis.

Focusing on the definition of “productive,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) accused U.S. EPA in a House Science energy and environment subcommittee hearing yesterday of “regulatory folly.”