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• Washington farmers sought for camelina fuel crop

  August 24, 2011 in News, Business, Green Energy, Green Government/policy on Page A10 Eastern Washington farmers can line up over the next three weeks for a federal program that pays them to grow camelina, a seed crop that some researchers consider a potentially … 2

• Odessa refinery helping meet demand for biodiesel

  January 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 ODESSA, Wash. – It has been a rough go for Washington’s fledgling biodiesel industry, with only a handful of the announced projects actually coming into production and promised financial support … 2

• Biodiesel production tanks

  January 2, 2010 in Business on Page A5 OKLAHOMA CITY – An alternative fuel for diesel engines is off to a shaky start this year though it emits fewer pollutants and cuts down on petroleum use because it’s … 4

• Fire at biodiesel plant under investigation

  July 7, 2009 in City on Page A7 BURBANK, Wash. – The owners of a biodiesel manufacturing facility in the south-central Washington town of Burbank say they don’t expect to be out of commission long after a weekend …

• Biodiesel refiners see red, not green

  June 14, 2009 in City on Page B3 NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho – The railroad siding at Blue Sky Biodiesel hasn’t seen an oil train for six months. A dozen 25,000-gallon storage silos in this 104-year-old Payette River farming …

• Bio facility is a solid idea that will be a benefit to the region

  May 31, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Barr Regional Bio-Industrial Park. Kind of a mouthful and, in a sense, it is. Or will be. Because the proposed composting, anaerobic-digesting, algae-growing and megawatt-generating complex will eat food and …

• Washington falling far short of goal for use of biofuels

  May 26, 2009 in City on Page A4 OLYMPIA – Washington state won’t reach its goal next month of having biofuels make up at least 20 percent of its fuel use in state vehicles and ferries. The state …

• Biofuel plant finalizes first sale

  January 1, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Inland Empire Oilseeds LLC has sold its first batch of refined biodiesel to a Portland distributor, General Manager Steve Starr said. He said the Odessa plant began refining canola oil …

• Big plans for biodiesel crop faltering

  December 8, 2008 in Region on Page A6 BILLINGS – Ambitious plans to convert millions of acres of Northern Plains farmland to grow a biodiesel crop have stalled, as competition with traditional crops and other factors constrain a …

• Biodiesel industry revs up

  November 13, 2008 in City on Page B1 A biodiesel plant under construction for the past couple of years in Odessa, west of Spokane, is up and running. Inland Empire Oilseeds produced its first 15,000-gallon batch of biodiesel …

• Running on fumes

  September 21, 2008 in Business on Page E1 Washington farmers can grow almost anything, but they are not growing much fuel. Despite excitement over the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the United States more energy …

• Biodiesel on board for trial run

  June 21, 2008 in City on Page A1 CRESTON, Wash. – When the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad train pulled out of town Friday, it was hauling 52 cars, about 6,600 tons of wheat and – for the first …

• Business In brief: Web site lists biodiesel pumps

  January 12, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Drivers looking for new regional biodiesel pumps recently announced by Blue Sun Biodiesel LLC can check out the company’s Web site. The site, www.gobluesun.com, lists tentative locations in several Inland …

• More biodiesel coming to area

  December 13, 2007 in Business on Page A8 At least 22 new biodiesel pumps are slated to open around the Inland Northwest in coming months through a partnership between a Colorado biodiesel company and a Lewiston-based fuel distributor, …

• Homework’s a gas in biodiesel class

  November 4, 2007 in City on Page B2 EVERETT, Wash. – As gasoline prices keep rising, Lyle Rudensey laughs all the way to his garage. That’s where Rudensey, a 52-year-old Seattle resident, uses a 15-gallon plastic water tank …

• Boeing looks for greener jet fuel

  August 31, 2007 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE – Once reluctant to believe that alternative energy made any sense in jet airplanes, Boeing now ponders how to take the biofuels revolution off the ground. The world’s largest …

• Biodiesel drives inquisitive retiree

  August 5, 2007 in Idaho on Page B7 LACLEDE, Idaho – Del Brandon figures it costs him less than a penny a mile to drive his 1984 Volkswagen pickup. About a year ago, the 74-year-old tinkerer, retired heating …

• Green power gets a lift

  March 18, 2007 in Business on Page E2 STATELINE, Nev. — Mammoth Mountain urges its visitors to park their cars and take advantage of an extensive bus network. The Vail resorts, including nearby Heavenly at Lake Tahoe, run …

• Biofuels may endanger rainforests

  March 11, 2007 in City on Page B2 WASHINGTON – America’s drive for energy independence and clean air could threaten orangutans, Sumatran tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses and the world’s largest butterflies. All could be hurt as the rainforests of …

• Biodiesel plant looks east for raw materials

  February 2, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Washington state’s new biodiesel production facility will be looking over the Cascades for more of its raw materials. The Imperium Renewables refinery in Grays Harbor said Thursday it had signed …

• Bert Caldwell: Ethanol excitement isn’t fueled by reality

  January 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Excitement over the Bush Administration’s plans for ethanol development lasted less than 24 hours.

• Chicken fat may help fuel biodiesel industry

  January 3, 2007 in Business on Page A8 DEXTER, Mo. – Jerry Bagby is typical of the oilmen who are prospecting for a fortune in the Midwestern biofuels boom. He’s convinced there’s oil in these hills – and …