Read more ethanol stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/940/ethanol.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67925/biofuel-boom-runs-out-of-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce considered a win-win for the environment and energy independence, America’s biofuel industry is sputtering to a halt, the Wall Street Journal reports. Thanks to the recession, lower oil prices, and government delays, two-thirds of American biodiesel refineries—dozens of plants—are idle, and companies across the country are shutting...http://www.newser.com/story/67925/biofuel-boom-runs-out-of-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 12:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlants consume carbon dioxide, so growing corn to produce ethanol should be at worst a zero-sum game, emissions-wise, right? Wrong, says the EPA. There's another factor involved: Turning food crops into fuel drives up their prices, which raises demand for farmland worldwide. In places like Brazil, that means chopping down...http://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 16:24:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58246/ammonia-corn-energy-independence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFeeding cows parts of corn plants that farmers currently discard could eventually lead to American energy independence, Wired reports. An ammonia treatment applied to corn “stover” could make it palatable to cattle, freeing up more land for the production of ethanol, a Michigan State researcher says. That could, in turn,...http://www.newser.com/story/58246/ammonia-corn-energy-independence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 14:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57057/california-passes-worlds-first-carbon-fuel-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia has passed a landmark rule to reduce the carbon content of vehicle fuel, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The regulation, the first of its kind in the world, requires refiners and distributors to begin cutting the "carbon intensity" of fuel next year, and reach a 10% reduction by 2020....http://www.newser.com/story/57057/california-passes-worlds-first-carbon-fuel-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 4:37:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53358/brazilian-prez-obama-crack-up-reporters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorld leaders wanting to pal around with President Obama could learn from his easy banter with Brazil's president, Reuters reports. Visiting the White House today, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Obama got reporters laughing. "You know, I would love a trip to the Amazon," Obama said after an invitation...http://www.newser.com/story/53358/brazilian-prez-obama-crack-up-reporters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 19:12:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49793/ethanol-on-tap-from-beer-dregs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrewer Sierra Nevada is part of an effort to turn byproducts of the beer-making process into usable, alternative fuel, CNET reports. E-Fuel sells a $10,000 portable ethanol refinery that the brewer will feed with its yearly output of 1.6 million gallons of “bottom of the barrel” waste. The...http://www.newser.com/story/49793/ethanol-on-tap-from-beer-dregs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46680/jumbo-jet-flies-on-veggie-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Boeing 747 powered by a mixture of aviation fuel and vegetable oil flew on a two-hour test flight which is being hailed as a technological and ecological milestone. The Air New Zealand passenger jet was powered in part by oil from the jatropha plant, reports the BBC.http://www.newser.com/story/46680/jumbo-jet-flies-on-veggie-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 6:35:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46621/volatile-markets-a-growing-concern-for-farmers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVolatile commodity prices and uncertainty about future demand are nurturing growing concern among American farmers as revenues sink—even as demand sprouts in emerging energy markets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Costs of doing business—namely seed, machinery, and fertilizer—are riding high alongside transportation costs, and commodity prices are...http://www.newser.com/story/46621/volatile-markets-a-growing-concern-for-farmers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Dec 2008 13:05:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40564/us-farmers-see-leaner-times-in-stormy-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlunging crop prices and soaring costs are hitting US farmers with a one-two punch that’s knocked the fight out of what had been one of the stronger segments of the nation’s economy, reports the Wall Street Journal . Corn prices have dropped some 50% since July, and prices for fertilizer and...http://www.newser.com/story/40564/us-farmers-see-leaner-times-in-stormy-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:00 CDT