Archive for December, 2005

Area to get biodiesel plant

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

A New Jersey company said its facility will employ 100 people in northeast Indiana.
An alternative fuels company plans to build a biodiesel plant with a 30 million-gallon annual production capacity that will employ more than 100 people in northeast Indiana.
Executives with Mean Green BioFuels Corp. and its Mount Arlington, N.J.-based parent, GreenShift Corp., could not […]

School district blazes a trail with Biodiesel

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

An oil found in products such as margarine and mayonnaise is making school buses here cheaper to run and less harmful to the environment.
The Manatee County School District is the first in the state to fill all 300 of its diesel-powered vehicles — including about 250 school buses — with biodiesel, a blend of soybean […]