The idea prompted complaints that lawmakers were trying to trick consumers into buying the cheaper ethanol blend. Senate President Jack Kibbie of Emmetsburg says that's not the case. He says he ...

Muldrew, of Vinton, is retired from management of a major oil company. Gasoline is on its way up to $4 a gallon because of the problems in the Middle East, the news media say. It's just another excuse ...

The Biden administration is considering temporarily removing restrictions on summer sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends as a way to lower fuel costs for U.S. consumers, three sources familiar with ...

Let’s start with the facts. Ethanol, the primary renewable fuel under the RFS, consistently trades below the price of gasoline blendstock. Independent studies show that ethanol blending drives pump ...

Folks have been experimenting with ethanol in modern combustion engines even when they weren't so modern. Nicolaus Otto, the inventor of the traditional four-cycle engine, used it to power one of his ...

With vehicles powered by electricity and alternative fuels like emission-reducing biodiesel becoming available to drivers everywhere, moves to lessen humanity's reliance on fossil fuels are starting ...

Reid Thompson, a fourth-generation farmer in central Illinois, is in the middle of planting season. Weather permitting, he tends to the fields in the morning, walks home for lunch with his wife and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A proposal to remove ethanol labels from fuel pumps has run out of gas in the Legislature. The idea prompted complaints that lawmakers were trying to trick consumers into ...