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The White House Is Backing the Bioeconomy—But What Is It, Exactly?

The bioeconomy promises to lengthen our lives, address environmental issues, and clean up manufacturing.

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What if Making Biofuel Means Growing Dangerous Invasive Species?

The same qualities that make a good biofuel crop are also hallmarks of species that crowd out native plant life.

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Attack of the Killer Algae? The Risks of Creating Biofuels

When the organisms we're engineering to make biofuels escape into the wild, could they irrevocably alter healthy ecosystems?

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How Heat-Loving Fungi Could Cook Up Better Biofuels

Fungi that live in 150-degree compost piles love heat, are good at breaking plants down, and could help make biofuels more efficiently.

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Animal Poop Could Hold the Key to Better Biofuels

Biofuels come from breaking down plant matter, and digestive systems are quite good at doing that. But some creatures are better at it than others.

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Tulane Scientists Are Turning Newspapers Into Biofuel

Scientists at Tulane University have found a bacteria that produces butanol, a biofuel that’s superior to ethanol in just about every way.

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The Wright Stuff: A Hunt for the Greenest Aircraft Ever

A look at the contenders in a Google and NASA-sponsored aviation competition to determine the greenest airplane ever.

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Would You Pay $57 More to Fly to London?

Ticket prices to Europe could rise if the European Union gets its way and starts charging American airlines for their flights' carbon emissions.

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U.K. Company to Make Power from 50 Year-Old Garbage

Digging up the waste from the past could power 60,000 homes if a plan to mine a landfill for energy comes to be.

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Are Biofuels Ready for the Bigtime?

Electricity isn't the only non-petroleum-based fuel touted as changing the transportation landscape. What's happening with biofuels?