Thursday, December 29, 2005

[Biodiesel] Oil recycler asks to make biodiesel fuel A Lindon, UT motor oil recycling company has applied for permission to operate the state's first biodiesel production facility. [Source: Provo Daily Herald] 1:10:54 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Biodiesel Truck Fleet Becomes the Essential Baking Company's Latest 'Baker's Dozen' For 11 years they've been the Northwest's bakery "alternative" by serving delicious, European artisan bread comprised of organic ingredients. This month, The Essential Baking Company is taking another alternative to the streets with the use of its brand new fleet of B99 biodiesel delivery trucks. The bakery sold off its entire fossil-fueled fleet in favor of leasing 13 biodiesel-powered trucks. [Source: PR Newswire] 1:09:04 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] SSF fire department looks into biodiesel Your greasy french fries and heartburn-inducing onion rings may one day help save lives. Come next spring, the South San Francisco Fire Department hopes to begin running one of its fire engines on used vegetable oil — a pilot project to test the cost-effectiveness of biodiesel. [Source: The (San Francisco) Daily Review] 1:06:29 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Soy-based fuel plants to open in PA Pennsylvania's production of soy-based additives to diesel and home-heating oil is set to take a huge leap in the next few weeks with the scheduled opening of two more plants. [Source: Associated Press via the Miami Herald] 1:04:12 PM Google It!    [Biofuels] Governor Orders Southwest Missouri Turkey Oil Plant Closed Because of Foul Odors A foul-smelling plant that turns turkey byproducts into fuel oil was ordered closed by the governor Wednesday until the company finds a way to clear the air. [ENN Business Headlines] 12:17:51 PM Google It!    [Renewable fuels] EPA Launches Program to Increase Use of Domestically Grown and Produced Fuels Source: U.S. EPA. Starting in 2006, Americans will be gassing up with nearly three percent of clean-burning, domestic renewable fuels such as ethanol under new standards issued by EPA. Authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the standard is the first step in EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard Program, which is designed to reduce vehicle emissions and strengthen U.S. energy security by doubling the use of fuels produced from American crops by 2012. For more information on the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, visit: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels/ [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News] 11:58:57 AM Google It!

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