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Generating versatile biogas from the largely untapped resource of organic wastes has tremendous potential. But unleashing the full value of biogas and wastes depends on updating federal energy and environmental regulations to put biogas on an equal footing with wind, solar and other renewa

- After years of instability, the Renewable Fuel Standard appears to be headed toward more stable footing, but critics of the mandate are still pushing for its repeal. In November, the EPAs release of multiyear Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2014

Iowans are strongly in favor of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), according to a recent poll conducted by the Des Moines Register.

Solar surpassed natural gas capacity additions for the first time in 2015, with solar installing 7.3 gigawatts (GW) and supplying 29.5 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S., according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association

Vehicle travel in the U.S. in 2015 was almost 4 percent above its 2007 level, but motor gasoline consumption has not exceeded its previous peak in 2007, according to the Energy Information Administrations (EIAs) most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO&

The USDA Chief Scientist Catherine Woteki announced the release of the Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy. The report was developed to inform Americans of current federal agency activities working to develop and support the bioeconomy, an emerging segment of the U.S&

- A researcher at the University of Missouri finds that students who attend school in buildings specifically designed to be green exhibit higher levels of knowledge about energy efficiency and environmentally friendly building practices, which, in the future, may lead the

What do strawberries, fresh market tomatoes and onions all have in common? In terms of the average federal premium subsidy per crop insurance policy in 2015, these crops top the list, according to a new analysis by Mississippi State Agricultural Economist Keith Coble.

Speculation about a @short list@ of potential nominees to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court must be tempered by one of Washington@s sage and frequently-repeated adages @ @Those who know don@t talk. Those who talk don@t know.@&#

Debates over national mandates on draining wetlands, ethanol production and biotech food labeling, plus a friendly but spirited vice presidential election contest, await National Farmers Union members at their annual convention opening Saturday in Minneapolis. NFU Presiden