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Business In brief: Web site lists biodiesel pumps

(1/12/2008) Drivers looking for new regional biodiesel pumps recently announced by Blue Sun Biodiesel LLC can check out the company's Web site.

More biodiesel coming to area

(12/13/2007) At least 22 new biodiesel pumps are slated to open around the Inland Northwest through a partnership between a Colorado biodiesel company and a Lewiston- fuel distributor.

Trouble brews in Germany

(6/2/2007) AYING, Germany — Like most Germans, brewer Helmut Erdmann is all for the fight against global warming. Unless, that is, it drives up the price of his beer.

Things you should know before filling up with biodiesel

(3/7/2006) Willing to spend an extra 10 cents a gallon to reduce air pollution? Although most newer cars and trucks run fine on a blend of petroleum and biodiesel, there are some important things to consider before filling up.

Vehicles – but not stations – equipped for farm fuels

(3/7/2006) In September, Minnesota made history and made a lot of farmers happy when it became the first state to require 2 percent of all diesel fuel sold in the state to come from vegetable oil and waste grease.

Oil seed carries growth potential

(3/6/2006) OAKESDALE, Wash. – Bruce Nave has a vision of fields of gold carpeting the Inland Northwest. Each fall, flowers in these fields would yield billions upon billions of seeds – each about the size of a BB and each holding a small drop of energy.

Research aids fuel's advance

(3/6/2006) Farms aren't the only place where fuel can be grown. Inland Northwest forests could play a huge role in supplying biodiesel, according to research under way at the University of Washington.

Biodiesel's bipartisan bandwagon

(3/5/2006) OLYMPIA – In Washington, an unusual alliance of Seattle-area liberals and Eastern Washington conservatives joined forces this year to push for incentives for alternative-energy projects.

What is canola?

(3/5/2006)  Canola is a strain of the rapeseed plant bred to have low contents of erucic acid.  The name is an acronym for "Canadian oil, low content," which is also a reference to where the plant was first bred.

Fields of gain

(3/5/2006) MOSCOW, Idaho – With some seed, sun and soil, the Inland Northwest is looking to help grow the nation away from its messy addiction to petroleum.