In a recent letter to President Obama, the Republican Senator from Iowa, Charles Grassley, threatened to hold U.S.-Brazil relations hostage to his insatiable thirst for...

Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...

The future of American-Latin American relations is extremely important. For the past sixty years, the US has taken a strong interest in Latin America initially as a...

The Philippines is pushing the use of alternative fuels like biodiesel from coconut, palm, and jatropha; and ethanol from cassava, sugarcane and corn to reduce its...

According to the Nikkei Business Daily (via Tradingmarkets.com), Japan’s Suzuki Motor Company will begin selling cars that run completely on 100% ethanol in the US...

The EFuel100 MicroFueler home-brews ethanol by fermenting a mix of table sugar and nutrient-treated yeast in the system’s 250-gal. tank.

Some time ago, I read an article in a certain publication that if the United States to raise the import Brazilian ethanol, in fact would be changing the oil dependency...

Gasoline prices have skyrocketed over the past few months. Economically, the escalation in gasoline prices is because it takes oil to make gasoline. The cost of...

U.S. may reduce tariffs on Brazilian ethanol, however this type of Brazilian industry still suffers discrimination.

There is a lot in the news lately about the prospect of Brazilian ethanol being used in the American market. It is about time. For me, there is no question that it...

Normally, the U.S. Republican presidents are better for Brazil, as defending the free trade. Regardless of their conservative domestic policies and the support to...

The Jatropha plant is one of the most environment friendly sources of bio fuel The X-Prize foundation is mostly known for its often eye catching and headline grabbing...

Debate from two opposing perspectives on the value or harm of corn ethanol. You be the judge!

Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during...

Is this the perfect storm of worldwide panic and desperation created by the financial, food and fuel crisis not to mention climate change or is it media hysteria or is...

# With the world food prices rising over 45% in the last nine months, world is heading towards commodity crises never heard of before. # Among the major factors -...

The world’s economy is acquiring a new energy addiction: biofuels. Crop-based fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are quietly becoming a crucial component of the...

In the 2006 State of the Union address alongside his favorite portent of a hydrogen future, President Bush pledged additional research for “cutting-edge methods...

A team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol.

In the past few years, the world has woken to the concept of biofuels in a big way. Large tracts of land and considerable policy space in both, the developed and the...