Reducing on-campus greenhouse gas emissions has been a long-term goal at the University of Iowa, and miscanthus is making a big difference. This tall perennial grass can be processed into fuel pellets, which helped the university achieve its goal of being coal free by 2025.
This article discusses the history of the University of Iowa’s efforts to do away with coal, research on miscanthus as a renewable alternative fuel source, and miscanthus’s place in the larger discussion of sustainable agricultural production.
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Originally published by The Gazette on June 15, 2026.