In Washington state, a new video released by Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest, a consortium of education and industry partners including Washington State University Extension, explains how cellulosic ethanol is helping prepare the Pacific Northwest for a sustainable hardwood bioproducts and biofuels industry. The consortium believes that one day cellulosic biofuels from hardwood could be a cheap fuel produced from locally sourced poplar trees, a better alternative to the region that “importing” corn-based ethanol from the Midwest.