{"id":63439,"date":"2010-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/ocean-state-clean-cities-to-host-sustainable-biodiesel-workshop-at-uri-sept-8\/"},"modified":"2010-08-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T00:00:00","slug":"ocean-state-clean-cities-to-host-sustainable-biodiesel-workshop-at-uri-sept-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/08\/ocean-state-clean-cities-to-host-sustainable-biodiesel-workshop-at-uri-sept-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean State Clean Cities to host \u2018Sustainable Biodiesel Workshop\u2019 at 溏心vlog免费B站 Sept. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 26, 2010 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition will host a Sustainable Biodiesel Workshop on Sept. 8 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. to share insights and success stories about the use of biodiesel as a clean transportation fuel alternative.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA partnership with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Energy Center and the Clean Transportation Education Project, the event will be held in the Memorial Union Ballroom on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus.  It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re aiming to spread the word throughout the state that biodiesel is an increasingly viable clean transportation option in Rhode Island,\u201d said Wendy Lucht, coordinator of Ocean State Clean Cities.   \u201cThis workshop will not only educate potential biodiesel users about fuel blends, fuel quality and engine performance issues, but also about the economic and political barriers standing in the way of its wider acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA highlight of the event will be a series of biodiesel success stories about the growth of southern New England companies working in the biodiesel industry.  These include Nat Harris of Newport Biodiesel, Jim Malloy of T.H. Malloy and Sons, and Randy Lohr of Guardian Fuel &amp; Energy Systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOther speakers include Rich Cregar, a fellow at the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University, discussing \u201cwhat everyone needs to know\u201d about biodiesel; and Bob Cerio, a consultant to the National Biodiesel Board, examining the renewable fuel standard and federal tax incentives.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tTo register for the event, visit www.uri.edu\/cels\/ceoc\/ec\/ctep.html.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition, based at 溏心vlog免费B站, is a government-industry partnership designed to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by advancing the use of alternative fuels and vehicles, idle reduction technologies, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel blends, and fuel economy measures.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 26, 2010 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition will host a Sustainable Biodiesel Workshop on Sept. 8 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. to share insights and success stories about the use of biodiesel as a clean transportation fuel alternative. &#13; A partnership with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}