U.S. and Brazil Seek to Promote Ethanol in West
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President Bush is preparing to finish an agreement with Brazil to promote the production and use of ethanol throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. , the largest U.S. ethanol producer, is considering a purchase of Brazil's Cosan SA as ADM prepares to enter Brazil's sugarcane ethanol business, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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By MICHAEL ASTOR RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A proposed ethanol alliance that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to forge with President Bush later this week poses both opportunities and risks for the environment, a top U.N. environmental official said Monday.
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Proposals to be unveiled next week are aimed at enhancing the environmental credentials of biofuels like biodiesel or ethanol.
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Never mind the caffeine. Brazil wants to convince health-conscious Americans in its biggest market that coffee can be good for you.
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The Energy Department said it would invest up to $385 million in six bio-refinery projects that would produce a type of ethanol made from nonfood crops and agricultural waste.
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The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil by 8 million barrels a day by the year 2025 &amp;#151; a goal she says can be met with more ethanol-based fuel and a &#36;50 billion fund for new energy research.
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President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke by phone Monday for about 20 minutes, discussing efforts to expand international trade and steps toward energy self-sufficiency, the White House said.
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Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.
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By Saul Hudson BRASILIA, Brazil  - The United States and Brazilpredicted on Tuesday Latin America's largest country wouldresolve a dispute with the U.N. nuclear watchdog overinspections of a uranium enrichment plant.
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Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil wants a seat at the top  table of world nations.
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered Cuba millions of dollars in credit on Tuesday and committed Brazil to help the communist-run country explore for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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The two top ethanol producers announce an international effort to draft biofuel-production standards and expand global markets. By the Associated Press.