Allowing E15 fuel year-round won't increase sales very much, but it's a symbolic victory for corn ethanol advocates

Allowing the sale of gasoline that’s 15% ethanol year-round won’t have much impact on gas prices, but recent research shows that growing corn for fuel affects the climate – for the worse.

Aaron Smith, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis • conversation
May 5, 2022 • ~9 min

The US biofuel mandate helps farmers, but does little for energy security and harms the environment

The US has required motor fuels to contain 10% biofuels since 2005. As this program nears a key milestone in 2022, farm advocates want to expand it while critics want to pare it back or repeal it.

John DeCicco, Research Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 • ~10 min

The new E10 petrol: will it bring benefits?

A new type of petrol is expected to cut carbon dioxide

Andrew Barron, Sêr Cymru Chair of Low Carbon Energy and Environment, Swansea University • conversation
Sept. 1, 2021 • ~7 min

Move over, corn and soybeans: The next biofuel source could be giant sea kelp

Making biofuels from crops grown on land poses trade-offs between food and fuel. A new study looks offshore.

Jessica Dutton, Associate Director for Research, USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies / Adjunct Assistant Professor (Research), USC Environmental Studies Program, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
April 1, 2021 • ~6 min

What the world can learn from clean energy transitions in India, China and Brazil

Our research identified three key lessons.

Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Harvard University • conversation
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~8 min

Device sniffs out deadly methanol in tainted alcohol

Methanol in unprofessionally distilled alcohol can cause blindness or even death. A new device could detect contamination in just two minutes.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 16, 2019 • ~5 min

Boosting biofuel production | MIT News

New MIT research finds supplements help yeast survive.

Nancy Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
July 10, 2015 • ~14 min

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