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SEARCHMENUSEARCHLINCOLN, NE – The city of Lincoln is the nation's first city to convert its public transit bus fleet to a cleaner burning ethanol-diesel fuel blend called O2Diesel, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.
Read More →FORT COLLINS, CO – The city of Fort Collins is experimenting with biodiesel and fueling up city buses, backhoes, and other vehicles with the fuel made partially of vegetable oil, according to the Associated Press.
Read More →CHATTANOOGA, TN - The city of Chattanooga has started to use biodiesel for its fleet of 400 vehicles. City Fleet Manager Brian Kiesche stated that the city will use a blend of 5 percent biodiesel and 95 percent petroleum diesel. The city plans to use a 20 percent biodiesel blend soon, as reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA – The Diesel Emissions Reduction for Public Agency and Utility Fleets Conference is scheduled to be held on April 4-5 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, Calif.
Read More →MADISION, WI – In an effort to improve air quality, the University of Wisconsin–Madision will have the first fleet in Wisconsin to fill its tanks with a blend of ultra-low sulfur diesel and a soybean-based biodiesel fuel.
Read More →WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Forsyth County (N.C.) officials have started the trial use of biodiesel fuel in the county's truck fleet, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
Read More →BANGOR, ME — The City of Bangor has agreed to pay a nearly $60,000 fine and convert its fleet of vehicles to clean-burning biodiesel to resolve hazardous waste and clean water complaints by the federal government, according to the Associated Press on December 8.
Read More →TULARE, CA — O2Diesel Corporation announced on December 8 that it began fueling a range of heavy-duty diesel-powered equipment operated by the County of Tulare, CA, on O2Diesel in what could become the company´s first one million gallon per year customer.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA — According to a press release issued by the American International Automobile Dealers Association, in recent years, many of the nation´s fleets managed by public works departments have begun to use alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs).
Read More →Users of biodiesel may soon pay less for the environmentally friendly fuel due to the U.S. Senate’s approval of a biodiesel tax incentive.
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