The Depart. of Agriculture (USDA) and the Dept. of Energy (DOE) have released the National Biofuels Action Plan (NBAP), an interagency plan detailing the collaborative efforts of Federal agencies to accelerate the development of a sustainable biofuels ind

In a speech on the US economy given today in Independence, Missouri, Presidential candidate John McCain slammed federal support for ethanol.

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors have opened separate criminal probes into possible price-fixing by major egg producers and California tomato processors.

At General Motors' 100th birthday celebration this week, the production version of the Chevrolet Volt was unveiled to the public.

It seems that while hurricane Gustav was busy shutting down oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, oil operatives were busy tweaking the Republican platform (pdf) to shut down ethanol as an alternative fuel in America.

Swimmer Michael Phelps, who won an amazing 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, has chosen to appear on upcoming boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes.

The USDA secretary, Ed Schafer, responded to the recent decision by the EPA to deny Texas' request for a waiver from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

As Hurricane Gustav builds up speed and power in the Gulf of Mexico, oil companies are busy evacuating employees from rigs and production platforms.

In experiments conducted by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), sweet potatoes grown in Maryland and Alabama yielded two to three times as much carbohydrate for fuel ethanol production as field corn grown in those states.

Sorghum's potential as a biofuel crop will be explored at the International Workshop on Sorghum for Biofuels which begins today in Houston, Texas.