Biodiesel now on sale at 11 Treasure Valley stations
(KTVB) Starting today Idaho drivers will have a new choice when they fill up at the pump. A ceremony was held this morning at a Boise gas station where biodiesel is now available. This is the first time that biodiesel has been available in the Treasure Valley. It is being sold at 11 Stinker Stations around the valley.

Rell proposes four-year, $500 million energy plan
(Stamford Advocate) Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposed a four-year, $500 million energy plan for Connecticut on Monday, marking one of her first major public policy initiatives in this year's race for governor. The proposal calls for the use of bio-fuels and renewable forms of energy, would cut costs for businesses and families, and charts a course for the state to reduce its fossil fuel consumption, she said. Rell also called for a set of new energy goals for the state by 2020, including that 20 percent of all energy used and sold in the state to come from clean or renewable energy sources.

Restaurant boss finds another use for grease
(Independent Online) A fast-food franchise owner has found a way to turn grease into gold by using left-over vegetable oil to heat his water boiler. The experiment could soon become an industry standard in the United States as rising fuel costs encourage small businesses to search for savings, analysts said. "My mother's from Germany, so I've seen how they recycle in Europe, and I think we need to do more of that here," said Ed Rich, who has been serving up ButterBurgers and frozen custard for five years at a Culver's fast-food franchise about 90km north of Chicago.

Government 'lags behind on bioenergy'
(Environmental Transport Association) British politicians should do more to advance the use of plant bioenergy and biofuels, a cross party committee has said. Efracom, the committee which analyses policies pertaining to the environment, food and rural affairs, has said Labour's policies on biofuels in road transport lag behind other European countries. In a report out today, the committee urges the government to reconsider its target of making five per cent of road transport fuels come from plant and natural material based energy sources and its promotion of bioenergy in the field of aviation.

Arizonans look to ethanol
(AZ Central.com) John Skelley has never been able to put much more than a swig of locally purchased ethanol in his black flex-fuel Chevrolet Avalanche covered with stickers extolling the benefits of the fuel blend. When Skelley, who is building the state's first ethanol plant between Maricopa and Casa Grande, drove to the Midwest two months ago, he couldn't tank up with the largely corn-based grain alcohol extract for nearly 1,300 miles until he arrived in the cob of the Corn Belt, Kearney, Neb.

Meet your new electric and biodiesel Harley
(engadget) We love electric cars as much as the next guy; unfortunately most of them just don't have what we in the biz call "zazz", y'know? But an electric Harley-Davidson: now that's something special. Although it's not officially endorsed by the Milwaukee headquarters, that hasn't stopped Carl Vogel of Long Island from building a green-friendly hog by tearing out the usual gasoline motor from a stock Harley chassis and replacing it with an electric motor that can achieve 85 mph.