Algae Fuels the Future

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Why algae can work as a form of alternative energy

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A man and a woman sit close together on a beige couch holding a mid-sized dog with curly blonde fur.

Chris Tonge and Chanel La with their dog Chuckles in their Chicago home. (Courtesy of Chanel La)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Astonishing Alaska | Chasing lipids: The industrial thirst for Alaskan oil

Slender fish handing from a line between wooden posts with large trees, mountains, and a body of water in the background.

Sun-dried candlefish, also known as hooligan, eulachon, and oolichan. (Brodie Guy/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Farzona Comnas

George Washington University

Learning from Ghana: The application of solar energy into the future

Owen Volk

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

The state of the environment takes back seat at Biden’s first State of the Union

The white dome of the US Capital building is illuminated under a dark sky.

The Capitol on the night of Biden’s first State of the Union, Tuesday March 1, 2022. (Isabel Miller/Medill News Service)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Senate panel weighs economic impacts of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard program

A red gas pump with yellow fuel option buttons.

Both experts and lawmakers expressed concern about how EPA policies might impact fuel costs, particularly in light of American prices hitting their highest level in eight years. (Photo courtesy of Dawn McDonald/Unsplash)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Essay | Austin's toxic algae needs to be put on a leash

A white dog swimming in a pond filled with algae.

A pup swims in a pond of blooming algae. Could he be at risk? (Ildar Sagdejev/Wikimedia Commons)

Ruby Dietz

George Washington University

Essay | Shutters won't stop France's lethal summer heat

Wooden shutters on a window of beige building.

(Pezibear/Pixabay)

Emilie Megnien

George Washington University

COP26 in Context

Planet Forward Staff

Planet Forward

Introducing our 2021 FAO Summer Storytelling Fellows

Staff fill boxes with food at Pittsburgh area food bank

As the need for food continued to grow during the pandemic, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank called on the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and opened an additional, temporary food box packing site. Food access, food security, nutrition, and environmental justice challenges are among the topics our fellows will explore in their stories this summer. (Melissa Murray/Creative Commons)

Frank Sesno

Founding Director, Planet Forward

Blue-green algae in Lake Neatahwanta

Jade Brien

SUNY ESF