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ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA - Clean Energy Fuels Expands Network
Growing from two harbor LNG fueling stations to the whole southwestLos Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Feb 24, 2010: -- Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is expanding its network of liquefied natural gas fueling stations from its base at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to eventually reach freight distribution hubs throughout the Southwest United States... Promotion of alternative-fuel vehicles, such as those powered by liquefied natural gas, is one of the goals of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck programs... The company is now expanding its network of fueling stations to include other California cities such as Los Angeles, Commerce, Industry, Fontana, Riverside, Tulare, Barstow and Otay Mesa/San Diego. Clean Energy is establishing an LNG corridor serving freight distribution hubs throughout the region... Clean Energy plans to further expand its LNG fueling corridor to include Northern California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, said Andrew Littlefair, president and chief executive officer... (Photo from clean energy fuels: Stations)
* California - Pickens' Plan to Convert Heavy Trucks to Natural Gas
San Francisco,CA,USA -Search Auto Parts -February 22, 2010: -- T. Boone Pickens Plan targets 18-wheel vehicles on the road, shifting them to natural gas in 7 years. This would cut in half the amount of oil imported... Infrastructure needed to support natural gas-powered vehicles would come w/ the vehicles hitting the market... Pickens says there will be legislation before federal government by Memorial Day. Legislation could provide tax credits for buying new natural-gas powered vehicles... Pickens says 18-wheelers on the road is perfect place to start... Said if changes not made, within 10 years America will import 75% of its oil supply, at about $300 / barrel... (Photo: T. Boone Pickens)* Iowa - Trucking firms challenge Iowa biodiesel legislation
Des Moines,IO,USA -The Quad City Times, by James Q. Lynch -February 25, 2010: -- Trucking firms tried to hit the brakes on legislation to mandate biodiesel use, which they told the House Ag Committee costs more and underperforms traditional diesel... “We’re not opposed to biodiesel,” said Brenda Neville, president of the Iowa Motor Truck Association, “but we are opposed to a biodiesel mandate”... The IMTA’s members include more than 700 trucking companies with more than 86,000 employees, she said. It is part of Iowans for Fuel Choice, a coalition of retailers, truckers, unions and utilities... However, Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association called the mandate necessary because the state requires biodiesel use. Once biodiesel is mandatory, he said, it will be widely available and the price disadvantage Lursen spoke of will disappear...
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