University of Idaho - Renewable Carbon News

Renewable Carbon News
University of Idaho

27 March 202521 March 2025

Sustainable wood preservation offers innovative solutions for longer-lasting, eco-friendly materials

Lili Cai’s work paves the way for greener building practices by turning waste into sustainable solutions for wood preservation

20 July 20209 July 2020

U of I-Led Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) Secures $10M USDA Grant to Build Sustainability and Prosperity for Dairy Industry

Tge project will create useful bioproducts from dairy manure that can be transported and used in more distant areas for crop production or for value-added products

11 November 201310 November 2013

USDA Announces Cool Planet and the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies Receive $10 Million to Develop Sustainable Biofuels from Beetle-Killed Wood

Common project to quantify the greenhouse gas benefits from using dead trees

8 November 20138 November 2013

Idaho scientist turns manure into bioplastic

Bacteria to convert fermentation products to polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA

27 February 2012

ZeaChem to Receive USDA Grant to Develop Advanced Biofuels

Bio-based fuel production begins expected in 2013

9 November 2011

Carbon mitigation strategy uses wood for buildings first, bioenergy second

Substituting wood for non-wood building materials can displace far more carbon emissions than using the wood for biofuel