Last night's "60 Minutes" featured a report from correspondent Dan Rather about ethanol. The tone of the story was suggested by its title: "The Ethanol Solution." Rather and producer Michael Rosenbaum ...

The list of potential Hoosier ethanol plants is nothing short of astounding for a state that had just one ethanol-fuel distillery as recently as 2005. Beyond the six ethanol plants now operating and ...

Jul. 10—ONIDA, S.D. — The ethanol plant explosion that rocked Onida on Sunday afternoon is still under investigation by the South Dakota State Fire Marshal. Witnesses in the area said they heard and ...

Tim Pawlenty’s call Monday for scaling down ethanol tax incentives underscores efforts already under way by congressional supporters of the corn-based additive to hasten the transition from a ...

During the past several months, as lawmakers and energy experts have warned of a looming energy crisis, one alternative to gasoline that has been considered is ethanol, an alcohol fuel produced from ...

SAN PIERRE, IND. — The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the rewards of ...

Amid rising gasoline prices and falling corn prices, ethanol may be poised for a comeback of sorts, even if only a temporary one. Even though conventional wisdom is that crude has to reach about $100 ...

WASHINGTON -- As a farmer in north-central Illinois, I think it is imperative that I respond to the most recent deluge of negative media attention and letters to newspapers attacking ethanol. We must ...

* Photo: Dan Winters * Prologue The Chemistry__On a blackboard,__ it looks so simple: Take a plant and extract the cellulose. Add some enzymes and convert the cellulose molecules into sugars. Ferment ...

So much for the fuel of the future. By pulling backFriday on an effort to guarantee ethanol an ever-growing share of the nation’s gasoline supply, the Obama administration could be putting a ...

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is the alcohol used to create beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages. Ethanol is also produced as an alternative fuel to gasoline. In the U.S., more than 9 billion gallons of ...