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Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn is the first public high school in New York City to heat its entire campus with vegetable oil biofuel. The facility utilizes four boilers to run on this low-emission alternative, which school officials believe could be expanded to other buildings in the city.

The biofuel is made from repurposed vegetable oil and processed into diesel fuel. This winter marks the first cold-weather test of the system, and reports indicate no loss of heating efficiency. The initiative also includes educational efforts, with students engaging in sustainability practices in the environmental lab.