Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vehicles powered by diesel contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making the journey toward decarbonization a tough road.

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet ...

Instead of going in the trash or, perhaps, a compost heap, a new study proposes that used coffee grounds could help feed biodiesel-producing algae. Published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed a novel method to produce biodiesel from waste oil. This simple process requires relatively mild heat ...

At many biodiesel plants, soybean oil accounts for as much as 80 percent of the operating cost. Wake Forest's Terrafinity project doesn't depend on soybean oil. It relies on a method that, like making ...

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FRANKENMUTH, Mich. - The Bavarian Festival looks, sounds and smells like most other traveling amusement shows, except for one small detail. There isn’t any black smoke. Small children take slow spins ...

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is gearing up to finally announce its new rules on biofuel blending, critical support for the industry that’s underpinned American farming over the past two decades. But ...

In response to the Dec. 3 article "Used vegetable oil powers Birch Run buses," I would like to correct some misstatements regarding biodiesel and to caution the Birch Run School District about the ...

WALTERS -- Rest easy, because that chemistry kit in the barn of Thad Doye's farm is not what you might be thinking. Get your mind off the moonshine and into the healthy sunrise of energy independence.