World & Nation
Authorities say a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup has derailed and caught fire in Minnesota, with nearby residents ordered to leave their homes.
March 30, 2023
Opinion
Some version of “back to the land” has to be part of our climate solution: more people farming again and putting carbon into the soil, where it belongs.
Sept. 14, 2024
Business
The Biden administration has set new requirements that increase the amount of ethanol that must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply
June 3, 2022
A fuel standard intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will increase incentives for corn ethanol and increase existing problems.
Aug. 5, 2022
The president is visiting corn-rich Iowa to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline in the summer.
April 12, 2022
Excluding gratuities from federal income taxes would be bad news for customers — and perhaps even for tipped workers themselves.
Aug. 22, 2024
The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting oil refineries from mandates to use them.
Oct. 1, 2019
California
Road closures and a shelter-in-place order for some residents of Contra Costa County lasted late into the evening.
Oct. 15, 2019
Politics
Corn growers suffering from the double blows of President Trump’s trade war with China and catastrophic flooding got a boost Friday from the Environmental Protection Agency.
May 31, 2019
The Trump administration announced Monday that it will press ahead with plans to promote the use of ethanol, a move that could shore up support for Republicans in the Midwest but also comes amid fierce opposition from independent oil refiners and a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Oct. 9, 2018