University of Hawaii gets funding to study hemp for biofuels

In Hawaii, the state legislature has approved a bill that would allow the University of Hawaii to undertake two years of research into hemp as a biofuel feedstock, but the approved bill has strengthened the language to ensure that marijuana is not used instead of hemp.

The state’s House of Represented added $72,600 in research funding to ensure there was enough to undertake the program.

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