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biofuel

Thermal cooker helps reduce indoor air pollution, use of wood as fuel
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

A woman in a pink wrap and head covering looks at a brightly colored, round fabric-covered thermal cooker, with a lidded pot nestled inside. A woman on the right, with long black hair, reaches toward the pot.
Simple Sleuth: Fuel for the layman
Kassi Johnson

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Senate panel weighs economic impacts of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard program
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

A red gas pump with yellow fuel option buttons.
Voluntary offsetting in air travel: A carbon footprint fix?
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

A plane wing in flight from the vantage point of a plane passenger.
Can the U.S. take tips from Stockholm to reduce our fossil fuel dependence?
Sadie Tetreault

George Washington University

The versatile shrub willow is a crop for the future
Olivia Iannone

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Getting down and dirty: Digging up the key to carbon neutrality
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Algae: Fuel for the future
Sera Royal

George Washington University

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Waste-Powered Wonders
Katlyn Manka

Planet Forward Intern | Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University

Soy-based Hydraulic Fluid for Elevators
Sustainability at Penn State

The Pennsylvania State University

McDonalds Recycles Fry Oil, Some Goes to Biofuel
Lindsay Fox

Planet Forward Contributor

A New Biofuel – Mixed Prairie Grasses
National Science Foundation

University of Minnesota

Developing Sustainable Biomass Supplies
Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Using Corn Stover and Animal Waste to Make Fuel
Planet Forward

Planet Forward Alumnus

Biofuels and biofuel research beyond ethanol is crucial to developing alternative sustainable energy resources.
KQED/Quest

Planet Forward Contributor

Algae biofuel may be the fuel of the future.
KQED/Quest

Planet Forward Contributor

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