Writing in The Plant Cell, the journal of the American Society of Plant Biologists, researchers report that they have engineered a plant to produce oil in its leaves. They hope to increase biofuel production and create more nutritious animal feed.
Clean cookstoves protect women and the environment
Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Uganda on the introduction of more efficient stoves that also help protect women from sexual violence.
The Future of Biofuels and the Weather
Farmers and scientists want to use new kinds of “energy crops,” such as switchgrass and miscanthus, to develop biofuels as the key to energy independence. But some researchers caution these plants could have profound changes on the weather.
The Future of Biofuels and the Weather
Farmers and scientists are looking to use new kinds of energy crops, such as switchgrass and miscanthus, to develop biofuels as the key to energy independence. But some researchers say these plants could have profound changes on the weather.
Listener Builds Straw Bale Winery
A Living on Earth listener in San Luis Obispo, California has erected buildings on her winery from straw bales. She claims this material can withstand the elements as well as traditional materials, despite the warnings in The Three Little Pigs.
