biodiesel

Zach Waickman, a Loyola University Chicago biodiesel researcher, converted cooking oil into fuel for campus buses and visited Kilmer Elementary School to educate students about his work and career journey. He also discussed creating liquid soap from the process byproduct and shared his unconventional path from broadcast journalism to leading the biodiesel lab.

A humpback whale named Timmy, stranded in the Baltic Sea, became a focus of public and scientific attention in Germany due to failed rescue attempts. After its death, its remains will be processed into biodiesel, while some bones will go to a Danish museum. The whale's distress and the debate over its fate captivated the public, with livestreams, protests, and a 500-meter protection zone established to manage the situation.

A Fort Pierce man was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay over $3 million in restitution and fines for leading a biofuel fraud scheme that generated more than $7 million in fraudulent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuel credits and sought $6 million in tax credits connected to biodiesel production.

A Florida man, owner of a renewable fuel company, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,857,029 in restitution and a $150,000 fine for his role in a biofuel fraud scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent EPA renewable fuel credits and sought $6 million in fraudulent tax credits related to biodiesel production.

Mazda has initiated a biodiesel trial in collaboration with Nippon Express to reduce carbon emissions in logistics.