In response to the Dec. 3 article "Used vegetable oil powers Birch Run buses," I would like to correct some misstatements regarding biodiesel and to caution the Birch Run School District about the ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish refiner Preem said on Monday it planned to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a non-edible forestry industry waste product, in the face of criticism about the ...

Biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning fuel. It’s made through a chemical reaction that relies on animal fats or vegetable oils and an alcohol. The technical term for this process is ...

Biodiesel might cost $1 more than other petroleum products, but a government subsidy makes the price competitive, and we might just be looking at a future where this product becomes cheaper. Typically ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Profits for making biodiesel from U.S. soybeans are elusive because capacity to make the renewable fuel has surpassed demand while the costs to make it keep rising. Sign up here. U ...

Hannah Korri, a freshman at the College of St. Scholastica, won second place and a $500 scholarship in the American Lung Association's 2014 Clean Air Choice Biodiesel Essay Contest, sponsored by the ...