Abstract: The ethanol mandate in the federal Renewable Fuel Standard increases corn prices and food prices. This harms consumers and distorts the domestic and international commodity market. While ...

WASHINGTON -- The pros and cons of increased ethanol use are the subjects of debate, according to figures revealed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and recently reported by The ...

The Biden administration announced it will suspend a federal rule that bars higher levels of ethanol in gasoline during the summertime. The move is intended to tamp down prices at the pump that have ...

It's hard to imagine any reality in which the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) benefits from measures meant to decrease gasoline consumption. But that's apparently the case--in a ...

Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use. Higher use of the corn-based fuel additive accounted for about 10 ...

WASHINGTON -- Nearly two-thirds of cars on the road could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday. The agency said that 15 percent ...

Most of us are driving around right now in cars powered by a combination of gasoline and ethanol. Ethanol is a fuel alternative produced from corn (mostly), and it has been touted for years as cleaner ...

Ethanol, widely touted as a greenhouse-gas-cutting fuel, would have serious health effects if heavily used in cars, producing more ground-level ozone than gasoline, particularly in the Los Angeles ...

According to USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, corn used in ethanol fell from a high of 5 billion bushels in 2011 to 4.65 billion bushels in 2012. This year, USDA expects 4.9 ...

As Congress prepares to hammer out differences between Senate and House versions of important energy legislation, it’s critical that House conferees revisit the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and join ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. In February 2008 Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Buckeye ...

Trump announced the plan last March ahead of the midterm elections. Gasoline that contains a higher percentage of ethanol should be available to drivers around the country this summer, the Trump ...