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November 27, 2005
Pataki moves NY greener
this came over the wire last week
Great to see the progress. NorthEast has some of the highest heating oil prices in the nation and some of the worst air. Expect more of this.
Pataki mandates biodiesel use for N.Y. buildings
By 2012, at least 5 percent of the fuel used to heat state buildings must be biodiesel, Gov. George Pataki has decreed.
Pataki said Sunday he has issued an executive order that also directs state agencies to maximize the use of vehicles that burn biofuels. The order lays down a schedule of a minimum of 2 percent use of biofuels in the state's motor fleet by 2007 rising to at least 10 percent in 2012.
Biofuels can be derived from basic agricultural products, such as corn.
Pataki said the development of home-grown biofuel products will help the state lessen its dependence on foreign oil as well as being a boon to farmers.
Incentives will be made available through the state Energy Research and Development Authority to companies willing to create bio-refineries in the state.
State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan Rudgers estimates that there are as many as 2 million acres of "underutilized" farmland in the state that could sustain the crops needed to sustain biofuel refineries.
Posted by Martin at November 27, 2005 2:12 PM
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