FSU student's four-point energy plan wins national award, $10,000

An essay contest sponsored by a leading U.S. environmental organization asked students at colleges and universities across the nation to draft a renewable energy plan for America. Hundreds did so, and on Earth Day 2008, the entry from Florida State University student Amanda Woods was declared a winner.

Woods, 19, of Jacksonville, Fla., a soon-to-be sophomore political science major at FSU, was one of three top essayists announced on April 22 by the Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy (PFRE), which sponsored the competition.…