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SEARCHMENUSEARCHBATTLEBORO, VT – The town of Brattleboro in Vermont is set to switch over to a biodiesel fuel for municipal vehicles, a move that officials say could improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
Read More →PEORIA, AZ -- The City of Peoria, Ariz., implemented a biodiesel program this week as part of the City's clean air program.
Read More →OAKLAND, CA – The city of Oakland has added two more clean-air vehicles to its fleet as part of a continuing effort to reduce pollution in the city, according to Bay City News Wire. A grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District allowed the city's Public Works Agency to replace two of its diesel-powered units with clean-burning compressed natural gas vehicles.
Read More →SANTA BARBARA, CA – Santa Barbara's fleet of 150 city vehicles will run on diesel fuel blended with virgin soybean oil beginning July 1.
Read More →COLUMBUS, OHIO – Under an upcoming Ohio bill, which Ohio Gov. Bob Taft is expected to sign into law, state vehicles must buy more of a cleaner-burning mix of gasoline and ethanol.
Read More →CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Metro is now fueling all of its buses with a 50-percent blend of biodiesel and regular diesel fuel. According to a Metro release, the agency intends to use the 50-percent blend in April through October, when the average temperature is over 40 degrees, and then switch back to the normal 20-percent blend in colder months.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently signed an Executive Directive to accelerate the pace of biodiesel use in city fleets. The city has been a long-term user of a B-20 biodiesel blend (80-percent petroleum diesel, 20-percent biodiesel) with the San Francisco Airport, Department of Public Works, MUNI buses, San Francisco Zoo, and ferries using the fuel successfully.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – City-owned vehicles in San Francisco, including fire engines, buses, and even a mobile zoo, will use biodiesel fuel now that an executive directive has been issued by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Read More →ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed more than 80 bills into law May 16, one of which mandates that half of the state's vehicle fleet use biodiesel fuel.
Read More →DURANGO, TEXAS – The City of Durango stopped using biodiesel in its fleet because engines were becoming contaminated with an unidentified sludge.
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