Stories about "Renewable Fuel Oil"
Bates 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, Bates 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 Bates cut its greenhouse gas emissions to a mere 5 percent of 2001 levels.
Bates 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.
Bates in the News: Dec. 19, 2017
Tuesday, December 19, 2017 3:06 pm
Bates 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 Bates 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 Bates slash its carbon emissions
Bates 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 Bates, and why Bates 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 Bates cut the costs — in dollars and carbon emissions — of heating the campus.