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How Trump’s Cuts to Biofuels Research Would Hurt the Planet and Our Economy

Biofuels can reduce emissions, benefit American corporations, and create jobs. But slashing the budget of the Bioenergy Technologies Office effectively eliminates those possibilities.

Michael White

Environment

New Biofuels Could Cut Emissions and Preserve Land Used to Grow Food

Researchers combine ecological and economic models to examine the benefits of growing grass as fuel.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Waste Cooking Oil From Mexico City’s Restaurants Could Power the City’s Buses

Biodiesel from the waste cooking oil produced by the capital city's restaurants could help to power the cities public transit system, and reduce emissions in the process.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

The Environmental Downside of Biofuel Crops

A new survey reveals that biofuel crops have expanded onto millions of acres of new land, with serious consequences for the environment.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Trading Protests for Sustainable Energy in Middle East

In the hamlet of Susya, a joint effort by Israelis and Palestinians is lighting a single candle (lit by biogas) rather than cursing the darkness.

Judith D. Schwartz

News in Brief

We Fight for the Oil We Need to Fight for the Oil

Merely protecting America's fossil fuel lifeline adds a heap to the greenhouse gases that petroleum ultimately contributes.

Emily Badger

Environment

Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set

The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel as we near peak oil production may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy.

Sam Kornell

Environment

Shining Light on Clean Energy Superbugs

Overcoming some of the obstacles that have hindered petri-dish-to-gas-pump schemes in the past, scientists are finding ways to produce high-octane fuel and even pure hydrogen from co-opted algae.

David Richardson