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California's Clean Energy Pioneers Come in Black and White

May 27, 2016 Sam Rikkers, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service

California has a pioneering spirit. Rural folks there have been on the frontier for generations. That frontier may have been gold mines and cattle grasslands in the past, but today that frontier is the very air, soil and water of California itself. Climate change is transforming California like it’s...

Energy Rural

Bringing up Better Biofuel

May 05, 2016 Rosalie Marion Bliss, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

The idea of replacing fossil-based fuel, such as petroleum, with a renewable energy source is enough to get any environmentalist excited. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have advanced a process to produce crude liquid fuel called “bio-oil” from agricultural waste. The bio-oil is...

Energy