CoverCress is a new winter cash crop whose grain can be crushed to make sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Imagine a world where jets fly around the planet on fuel sourced from plants, ...

Of all the tools we have to curb climate change, devoting land to growing bioenergy crops is among the most contentious. The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the ...

The American Midwest is home to some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world, enabling its transformation into a vast corn- and soy-producing machine—a conversion spurred largely by ...

As United States agriculture navigates the complexities of global markets, evolving energy demands, and sustainability goals, the role of biofuels, particularly ethanol and renewable diesel, remains ...

Biofuels are often promoted as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, but their environmental and social impacts are far from straightforward. Just Have a Think examines the complexities of biofuel ...

Demand for biofuels has been growing in many parts of the world. Governments, particularly those in countries with big farming sectors, have viewed crop-based fuels as a way to support domestic ...