A study reveals how cottonseed waste can be transformed into clean energy, offering a promising path toward a self-sustaining ...

A company is processing wood chips into biochar for use as a soil amendment. Now, it wants to do the same with sewage solids.

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Biochar can help turn agricultural waste into clean hydrogen fuel while cutting carbon pollution, according to a new study in the journal Biochar. Researchers report that a simple two stage catalytic ...

In a forested area near the tiny town of Riddle on Oregon’s west side, Ken Carloni kneels to examine a native orchid. His white ponytail juts out from under a newsboy cap. To the south, a mosaic of ...

Researchers at the Clean Air Research Laboratory of the Korea Institute of Energy Research have developed a process that converts 10 tonnes of livestock manure into biochar (biomass and charcoal) in a ...

As a soil additive: To improve soil structure and health, sprinkle charged biochar directly over your garden and mix it into ...

Biochar removes CO2 from the air, improves soil quality, creates clean energy, and it's surprisingly easy to come by. Shea Gunther is a writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster living in Portland, Maine.