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Author: Community Fuels Created: 9/24/2006
Here is information in the media about Biodiesel and Community Fuels.

Treasurer Lockyer Announces Bond Funding for Biodiesel Plant; Bond to Help Reduce Climate Change Emissions, Petroleum Dependence -- Community Fuels Will Receive $8 Million to Develop Facility at Port of Stockton
By Community Fuels on 8/28/2007
SACRAMENTO, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer today announced a startup company will receive $8 million in tax-exempt bond financing to develop a biodiesel manufacturing plant at the Port of Stockton, a project that will help reduce global warming emissions and petroleum dependence.
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Community Fuels Awarded Department of Energy (DOE) Grant: Efficient Processing of Algal Bio-Oils for Biodiesel Production
By Community Fuels on 7/23/2007
Encinitas, California, July 23, 2007: Community Fuels has been awarded a 2007 Phase I Research Grant from the Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program. The sponsored project, titled Efficient Processing of Algal Bio-Oils for Biodiesel Production, will evaluate two innovative processes to produce biodiesel from algae. Community Fuels anticipates that this research will resolve key obstacles to the feasibility of large-scale production of biodiesel using algae as a feedstock.
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Environmentally friendly fueling: Fresno food distributors commit to using less-polluting biodiesel
By Community Fuels on 6/27/2007
The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California. Starting this week, the tanks in Fresno-based OK Produce's 35 tractor trailers will be filled with biodiesel. The food distributor is one of the first in the area to switch its fleet to the fuel, which is made from vegetable oil or animal fat.
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Global Carbon Emissions in Overdrive
By Community Fuels on 5/22/2007
The Christian Science Monitor, By Peter N. Spotts, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor From 2000 to 2004, emissions grew at a rate of 3 percent a year – more than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports.
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San Francisco Mayor Announces Citywide B20 Plan
By Community Fuels on 4/20/2007
Grainnet/BioFuels Journal, May 20, 2007. The San Francisco City Government has long been a leader in its commitment to alternative transportation fuels to promote clean air, encourage renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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BIODIESEL: FROM FIELDS TO FUELS
By Community Fuels on 4/2/2007
An opinion Piece by Community Fuels, The biodiesel industry still must prove its viability in a petroleum-centric market and several measures can help achieve that goal. Read ahead to see how we can best move to our future now. . .
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U.S. EPA awards $200,000 to City College of San Francisco to Promote Biodiesel
By Community Fuels on 3/12/2007
(PressZoom), SAN FRANCISCO, Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $200,000 grant award to City College of San Francisco to fund improved access to biodiesel for public and private diesel powered fleets.
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California Senate Democrats Unveil "California First" Global Warming Bill Package
By Community Fuels on 2/23/2007
California Progress Report. Saying that "Senate Democrats believe there is a simple, direct, cost effective path we can take now to reduce greenhouse gases," Senate President pro Tem Don Perata announced yesterday the introduction of a sweeping eight-bill package that aims to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California in the most practical ways.
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President Bush Signed An Executive Order To Support Alternative Fuel Use And Help The Federal Government Reduce Oil Use
By Community Fuels on 1/27/2007
From President Bush's Speech at DuPont: Today, President Bush Toured The DuPont Experimental Station In Wilmington, Delaware, And Discussed His Initiatives To Strengthen America's Energy Security And Improve The Environment.
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Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts in Emissions
By Community Fuels on 1/10/2007
New York Times, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that he would ask regulators to require the state’s petroleum refiners and gasoline sellers to cut by 10 percent the emissions of heat-trapping gases associated with the production and use of their products.
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