Several tax breaks and provisions aimed at families and businesses, but also rural schools, have been tacked onto the financial bailout legislation.

Spurred by rising costs for electricity, energy visionaries are making a new push to overcome the barriers blocking ocean-power technology.

European legislators recommended Thursday that government goals for using biofuels be pared back, in a setback to the fledgling industry.

A mutiny is growing against energy policies that heavily support and subsidize the blending of ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, into gasoline.

After years of false starts, a new industry selling motor fuel made from waste is getting a big push in the U.S., with the first commercial sales possible within months.

Has the push for ethanol led farmers to grow more corn and less of other food crops and how much has that influenced rising prices for commodities like wheat?

European Union legislators on Monday proposed ratcheting back an ambitious goal to raise Europe’s use of biofuels, signaling a significant retrenchment.

Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.

Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.

Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.