With backing from GM, ethanol start-up hosts a tour of its biotech lab, where scientists are genetically engineering microorganisms that they hope will bring a breakthrough in ethanol production.

Honeywell and Summit Agricultural are partnering to build the world’s largest plant making ethanol-based aviation fuel – a project that is likely to become a $1 billion facility and expected to open ...

It took the 1970s oil crisis for Brazilian dictators to impose ethanol as a way of avoiding oil dependency. Although the idea was relatively popular, other countries still debate if using crops makes ...

A lot of people like to start their day with a tall glass of cold milk, and some Michigan drivers will soon be able to start their cars with one. In a roundabout way. The Michigan Milk Producers ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- World demand for fuel and food is projected to double in the next 50 years. Now, researchers have concluded that corn may not be up to the task of filling both stomachs and gas tanks.

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The land used growing corn-based ethanol that has long been put into fuel for automobiles may be doing more harm than good to the environment. That’s according to a new study published in the ...