NEW YORK (Reuters) - Switchgrass, a crop touted by venture capitalists and environmentalists alike as a next-generation ethanol feedstock, yields about five times more energy than it takes to grow it, ...

Biologists are one step closer to the goal of making a cheap, widely available plant a source for energy and fuel. Lowland switchgrass ready for harvest. Overton, Texas. Photo Credit: Jason Bonnette ...

GUYMON, Okla. (AP) _ Curtis Raines describes himself as "just a dumb old farmer" who's not afraid to ask an obvious question: Why grow corn for fuel when it could be used to feed hungry people? "That ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For now, they amount to little more than snow-dusted stubble on 30 otherwise barren acres. But in Jeff Skousen's mind, the switchgrass seeds planted on three former strip mines ...

University of Illinos Urbana-Champaign professor DoKyoung Lee is lead author on two new studies showing the economic benefits and ecosystem services advantages of switchgrass as a feedstock for ...

The fastest way to start a fistfight among environmentalists is to bring up the topic of biofuels — plant-based liquid fuels like ethanol that could potentially take the place of petroleum. Biofuel ...

Curtis Raines describes himself as “just a dumb old farmer” who’s not afraid to ask an obvious question: Why grow corn for fuel when it could be used to feed hungry people? “That just doesn’t make a ...