On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

Hydrogen is widely viewed as a promising clean energy carrier, but producing it efficiently and sustainably remains a major challenge. A new study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 3—Thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee last month, Toledo-based agroforestry and conservation startup Rake Force can ...

Researchers have developed a practical and low cost method to transform agricultural waste into high quality biochar, ...

Biochar is often seen as a climate solution, but a new study shows it can either cut or boost nitrous oxide emissions depending on the soil.

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Giant mounds of what appears to be black powdery charcoal or crushed pencil lead lie piled outside a towering industrial plant built in recent years on the Malheur Lumber property in ...

Biochar is widely promoted as a climate friendly soil amendment that can store carbon and improve crop growth. Yet scientists have long debated whether it always benefits soil ecosystems. A new study ...

Recycling rates have stagnated in the United States despite the positive benefits recycling offers local economies. It reduces pollution and production of virgin plastics, while creating jobs and ...

BluSky Carbon Inc. (TSE:BSKY) has released an update. BluSky Carbon Inc. has signed a master services agreement with Scotia BioChar to provide biochar pyrolysis equipment, aiming to transform waste ...

Researchers at the University of Leeds unveil a farm-based biochar system that reduces manure emissions by 75%, sequesters carbon in soil ...

The Pacific Northwest’s expansive forestlands have no shortage of raw material for biochar, a potent soil amendment that also sequesters carbon. However, slash piles and other sources of woody biomass ...