30 May 2013 – Indian Country
Sustainability truly matters to the tribes. The rivers and the fish kept them alive. Their natural resources provided them with jobs. They still want—and need—to provide jobs. And sustainability can help do that.
27 May 2013 – The Star
Three science teams from Lake Roosevelt High School competed in the Imagine Tomorrow event at Washington State University in Pullman last weekend, bringing home cash and kudos for a big effort from a small school.
22 May 2013 – Washington Clean Technology Alliance
Washington State University: For six years, Washington State University has hosted the Imagine Tomorrow competition. Kudos to WSU for not only hosting this fantastic event, but rolling out the red carpet to judges, teachers, and high school students to create a program that is truly inspirational and unique.
18 May 2013 – Seattle City Light
High School students will compete with their ideas for supporting the transition to alternative energy sources May 17-19 during Imagine Tomorrow at Washington State University. Participants could win part of $100,000 in scholarships provided by numerous sponsors, including Seattle City Light.
01 May 2013 – WSU News
Karl Englund’s research would be easier if all homes were built of Legos. “If we designed for disassembly like that, you could just build your house, take it apart when you’re done with it and then sell all the parts,” said Englund, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University.
15 April 2013 – USDA
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is extending for five years its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other partners to help develop a viable biofuel for the aviation industry. The Secretary signed the agreement with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the Advanced Biofuels Summit at Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland.
20 March 2013 – Lake County Leader
Woody debris and logging waste from Flathead Indian Reservation forests could end up powering jets as aviation biofuel. A new study, headed up by Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance and in which the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are taking part, takes an integrated look at what it would take for biomass from the western Montana corridor to be turned into aviation biofuel.
13 February 2013 – Flathead Beacon
The small town of Pablo near the base of the Mission Mountains has long been considered a harbinger of land stewardship. As the governmental seat of the Flathead Indian Reservation, the tribal community has harnessed its vast natural resources for a long-standing timber industry while preserving its sacred landscape through environmental policy, including the first-ever tribal wilderness designation along the western front of its iconic mountain range in 1982.
1 February 2013 – The Western News
Lincoln County commissioners on Wednesday heard from college engineering students who are participating in a bio-mass study project that could make jet fuel from timber and its byproducts.
December 2012 – Idaho Farm Bureau Producer – PDF
From Wood to Wing: Biofuels and the NARA Opportunity