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 ...

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 ...

SEBEKA, Minn. -- While researchers rush to develop new biomass sources for cellulosic ethnanol, Minnesota for a decade has been working on short-rotation, intensive of culture trees for energy and ...

Hybrid poplar can compete with corn and soybeans as a profitable crop on many northern Minnesota farms, according to a new University of Minnesota publication. Hybrid poplar is a short-rotation, woody ...

The inducible expression of polyphenol oxidase (PPO), a presumed antiherbivore enzyme, was examined in hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa × Populus deltoides). Following mechanical wounding simulating ...

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 ...

PAUL SCHELL wasn’t the only tree- hugger making news last week. At a biotech conference near the Columbia River Gorge, demonstrators showed up to decry the genetic manipulation of trees. The protests ...

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 ...

Associate Professor Courtney Siegert, from left, Assistant Professor Qin Ma, Assistant Professor Austin Himes and Assistant Professor Heidi Renninger, all in the Department of Forestry in Mississippi ...

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 ...

Q: We have a cottonwood in our yard, and we noticed last week that a few branches are dying. The tree is approximately 25-30 years old so I can’t imagine that the tree is dying. We were wondering if ...