The combined effects of falling ethanol prices, credit woes and volatile costs for the corn from which corn is made is threatening many ethanol producers.

The Environmental Protection Agency concluded, at least for now, that the national goal of reducing oil use trumps any effect on food prices from making fuel from corn.

The agency denied a request to cut the quota for the use of ethanol in cars, concluding that the goal of reducing the nation’s reliance on oil trumps any effect on food prices.

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.

The agency said it would not meet a July 24 deadline for ruling on a request to reduce a federal mandate on how much ethanol must be blended into gasoline this year.

The agency said it would not meet a July 24 deadline for ruling on a request to reduce a federal mandate on how much ethanol must be blended into gasoline this year.

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?

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.