biofuels

Airlines Could Abandon Dirty Jet Fuel With Cleaner Biofuels

NEW YORK - In an exciting move toward sustainable fuel, airlines are exploring powering planes with biofuels made from corn and other plants. This would slash aviation pollution and boost American farming, bringing tidy financial and environmental wins, according to The New York Times. Turning corn into ethanol for fuel could funnel money into rural economies

By |2024-02-25T13:03:29-05:00February 25th, 2024|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Study: Biofuels Increase, Rather Than Decrease, Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ANN ARBOR - In a new study from University of Michigan, co-funded by the American Petroleum Institute, researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral. Contrary to popular belief, the heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas emitted when biofuels are burned is not fully balanced by the CO2

By |2016-08-23T21:30:51-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

MSU Partners With ExxonMobil On Algae Biofuel Research

EAST LANSING - A new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says the overall goal of the partnership is to

By |2015-10-15T11:27:55-04:00October 15th, 2015|Clean Update, ESD, Featured|