MSNBC - Six university teams win EPA awards, dozens participated on National Mall

Students from six universities across the country received awards for sustainable solutions to environmental problems in a first ever contest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and 44 other government, educational and private partners, the contest known as P3 - for People, Prosperity and the Planet - had 41 teams set up their design projects on the nation’s premiere open space.

Getting there was half the fun for some teams. Students from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., drove over in a bus powered by biodiesel fuel made from recycled cooking oil. Read full article