Using carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as well as sunlight and water, hybrid poplar trees grow fast and tall, up to 12 feet per year. They also harbor a considerable amount of carbon in their stems ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2013--EPA's recent registration of Zeachem's demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore. – a move that authorizes the generation of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) from ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A tree that can reach 90 feet in six years and be grown as a row crop on fallow farmland could represent a major replacement for fossil fuels. Purdue University researchers are ...
Forest geneticists have created genetically modified poplar trees that grow faster, have resistance to insect pests and are able to retain expression of the inserted genes for at least 14 years, a ...
DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But ...
Water Environment Research, Vol. 72, No. 3 (May - Jun., 2000), pp. 313-321 (9 pages) 1,4-Dioxane (dioxane), a suspected carcinogen, is a persistent environmental pollutant that is difficult to remove ...
Purdue University researchers are collaborating with Chrysler LLC in a project to use poplar trees to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated site in north-central Indiana. The researchers plan to ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A fast-growing hybrid poplar tree farmers and businesses have planted on an estimated 30,000 acres in Minnesota since 1995 is starting to pop up across the state. Minnesota farmers were ...
Harvesting trees for biofuel may change the energy market in the Pacific Northwest. The Advanced Hardwood BioFuels (AHB) Northwest Project is hoping to build what would be the world's first ...
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