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SEARCHMENUSEARCHNEW YORK – New York City's Department of Sanitation is looking to retrofit its existing fleet of diesel-powered refuse trucks, or replace them with more compliant vehicles by 2009 as part of the EPA's 2007 diesel emissions standards, according to the Website...
Read More →HARRISONBURG, VA – James Madison University and its fuels diversification program are working together to produce biodiesel fuel from waste cooking oil collected from campus dining facilities, according to the university.
Read More →QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MD – Queen Anne's County, Md., has received $60,000 for the purchase of biodiesel fuel for its county fleet from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), in partnership with the Department of Energy.
Read More →WORCESTER, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has given Worcester County a $40,000 grant to help reinstate a biodiesel fuel program for approximately 100 of the county's fleet vehicles, according to the Maryland Coast Dispatch.
Read More →ORANGE COUNTY, FL – Central Florida's largest government, Orange County, approved plans to buy gasoline and diesel fuel that could cost $4.9 million annually for three years, according to Orlando Sentinel.
Read More →AUGUSTA, ME – A bill that would have required state government agencies to use biodiesel fuel instead of gasoline to reduce dependence on fossil fuels was voted against unanimously by members of the Legislature's State and Local Government Committee, according to the Bangor Daily News.
Read More →INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law a bill that requires state government to run its state vehicles on agriculture-based fuels such as biodiesel, ethanol, or gasohol whenever possible, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Read More →NEW YORK – MTA New York City Transit has received 125 diesel-electric series hybrid buses from Orion Bus Industries, a division of DiamlerChrysler, according to Green Car Congress.
Read More →BERKELEY, CA – City leaders have revised a two-year program to power the city's fleet of nearly 200 trucks entirely on a derivative of vegetable oil, according to the Berkeley Daily Planet.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, MA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave a grant of $83,467 to the city of Cambridge and MIT to collaborate in an effort to reduce diesel pollution from their respective vehicle fleets over the next two years, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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