Read the full story in FarmWeek. WIU was one of eight universities awarded the grant to research integrating sustainable agriculture across the food production system.
Category: Biofuels
Court: EPA must consider environmental impact when setting ethanol mandate
Read the full story at Successful Farming. The U.S. appeals court in Washington unanimously ordered the EPA to reconsider its Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018
Key factors in how some algae harness solar energy
Read the full story from Rutgers University. Scientists have discovered how diatoms — a type of alga that produce 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen
Supercomputing improves biomass fuel conversion
Read the full story from the University of California-Riverside. Pretreating plant biomass with THF-water causes lignin globules on the cellulose surface to expand and break
A political ‘fight to the knife’ over ethanol comes to Wisconsin
Read the full story at the Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, a key state in President Donald Trump’s 2016 electoral victory, has become a battleground for
As Trump Touts Ethanol, Scientists Question the Fuel’s Climate Claims
Read the full story at Inside Climate News. At a crucial moment in ethanol policy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its
