(IL) Chicago Tribune – Naperville fleet vehicles may soon run on residents’ yard clippings under an innovative plan to produce renewable energy.

U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert has requested a $4 million earmark from the U.S. Department of Energy to pay for a “green fuels depot” in Naperville that would use biomass to make electricity, hydrogen and ethanol.

“It basically wrings energy out of what otherwise would be wasted biological materials,” City Councilman Robert Fieseler said. “I think people will embrace this because it just makes sense.” More