Stories about "Renewable Fuel Oil"
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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College attains carbon neutrality ahead of schedule

Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:00 am

Out of some 700 U.S. colleges and universities to sign a carbon-neutrality pledge in 2007, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is one of only seven to date that have reached that goal.

Campus Construction Update: Jan. 18, 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:52 pm

A second Renewable Fuel Oil burner in the campus heating plant has helped ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ cut its greenhouse gas emissions to a mere 5 percent of 2001 levels.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the News: May 25, 2018

Friday, May 25, 2018 10:33 am

The new science building, Vets First Choice goes public, a brewer tries out cans, and a mussel farmer tries out new machines.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the News: Dec. 19, 2017

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 3:06 pm

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ classmates publish one of 2017's most-discussed research articles, and author-illustrator Matt Tavares '97 gets great reviews for his new children's book.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ boilers just fired up — but with much less fossil fuel

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:07 am

Made by vaporizing materials like sawdust, RFO has helped ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ slash its carbon emissions

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the News: March 10, 2017

Thursday, March 9, 2017 12:51 pm

The media explain why pot is legal in Maine yet illegal at colleges like ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, and why ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is a case study of why a biofuel company might expand to Maine.

Campus Construction Update: Jan. 27, 2017

Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:32 pm

A product related to the food flavoring Liquid Smoke is helping ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ cut the costs — in dollars and carbon emissions — of heating the campus.