What is the role and scope of biofuels in a world potentially awash in newfound oil and gas?
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2012/08/01/the-republic-of-biofuels-and-the-age-of-plenty/

Fuels for Schools was started in Vermont as a statewide initiative to promote and encourage the use of renewable, local natural resources to provide reliable heat for schools. It has since grown into a multistate program, and has recently expanded its scope beyond schools.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/1230/fuels-for-schools-and-beyond/

A lesson plan for elementary grades to determine whether a tree should be used for fuel or left to sequester carbon. Includes isntructions, worksheets, and potential questions
Follow this link to learn more: https://docs.google.com/a/nararenewables.org/file/d/0B188lS8SaYDgelpSTXU0TjZUTzg/edit

A chart that is useful for the Value of a Tree lesson. A table that gives estimates of carbon in trees of various sizes.
Follow this link to learn more: https://docs.google.com/a/nararenewables.org/file/d/0B188lS8SaYDgMG85M3RrVEJEVEU/edit

A review article describing the future for woody biomass conversion using bacteria
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0500.htm

Research that demonstrates the synthetic catalysis and bioprocessing of xylan into simpler sugars for biofuel purposes.
Follow this link to learn more: http://aem.asm.org/content/76/24/8150.full

This research presents a metabolic engineering approach using Escherichia coli to produce higher alcohols including isobutanol, 1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol from glucose, a renewable carbon source.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7174/abs/nature06450.html

Scholarly book describing the uses of microbes in biofuel production and the pros and cons of this technology.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v100285315k36650/

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Forest Service provides the information needed to assess America’s forests.
Follow this link to learn more: http://fia.fs.fed.us/

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Forest Service provides the information needed to assess America’s forests.
Follow this link to learn more: http://fia.fs.fed.us/Forest%20Carbon/default.asp