In addition, oilseeds require scare farmland, and costly fertilizers and pesticides. To meet growing demand for biodiesel fuel, scientists are looking for oil sources other than plants.

Corn also needs more fertilizer and pesticides than soybeans do. Per unit of energy gained, biodiesel requires 1 percent of the nitrogen, 8.3 percent of the phosphorus, and 13 percent of the ...

Ethanol and biodiesel are the two main types of biofuels ... in producing the fertilizers, pesticides, and fuel used in farming, during chemical processing, transport and distribution, up to ...

Biodiesel, derived from fats such as vegetable ... making fertilizers and pesticides, and processing the plants into fuel consumes a lot of energy—so much energy that there is debate about ...

In the 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, researchers analyzed testing data on 46,569 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables conducted by the US Department of Agriculture. Each year ...

It can be confusing. Last week, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group released its annual "dirty dozen" list of the produce items containing the most pesticides, according to data from the ...

The Biden administration this week restored Obama-era farmworker protections from pesticides that were rolled back under the Trump administration. The rule restores a requirement preventing people ...