[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING LOYOLA UNIVERSITY WINNER OF THE EPA'S 2008 P3 STUDENT 
                           DESIGN COMPETITION

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 23, 2008

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I would like to offer my sincere 
congratulations to the Loyola University of Chicago team for being 
chosen as a winner of the EPA's 2008 ``People, Prosperity and the 
Planet'' Student Design Competition at this year's National Sustainable 
Design Expo. I am proud to represent Loyola University in Congress, and 
I am looking forward to sharing the news with my colleagues that 
students in my district are addressing the significant problems that 
climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, and rising energy costs 
present.
  The importance of energy independence can't be overstated. Your 
project, ``Innovative Biodiesel Production: A Solution to the 
Scientific, Technical, and Educational Challenges of Sustainability,'' 
to convert vegetable oil waste from the cafeteria into fuel that will 
power campus shuttle buses, is an innovative and creative way to 
approach it. I believe that this is a model for the entire country to 
learn from and hopefully adopt.
  I hope that during your time at the P3 Expo you have had the chance 
to interact with other students, professional scientists, engineers, 
and business leaders from around the country. Your work to advance 
economic growth while reducing environmental impact should be shared.
  It is for that reason that I was glad to hear that your project has 
an educational component that will advance P3 concepts to students in 
the university, in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school, 
and to the general public. I hope that I will be able to stop in on the 
Solutions to Environmental Problems course so I can see for myself how 
to produce and use biodiesel fuel.
  Again, I salute and congratulate Luke Beasley, Pamela Geddes, Dan 
Larkin, Shane Lishawa, and Professor Nancy Tuchman, and will look 
forward to hearing about your work addressing our most pressing 
problems well into the future.

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