[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Biodiesel is getting a boost from new government incentives as city fleet owners are using it to quickly lower truck emissions.

The Des Moines region is now home to the first above-ground B99 fueling pump, an action that was celebrated Thursday morning by leaders in the biofuels, trucking and soybean industries.Iowa Secretary ...

A rush by U.S. fuel makers to recalibrate their plants to produce renewable diesel has created a supply glut for low-emissions biofuels, hammering profit margins for refiners and threatening to impede ...

DECATUR, Ill. — A higher blend of biodiesel is catching the eye of a number of companies and the hopes of some farmers. Rob Shaffer grows soybeans in El Paso, Illinois. He said the biodiesel, B-99 or ...

The U.S. is on pace to surpass 5 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel consumption for the first time ever. According to the Clean Fuels Alliance, 2024 saw increased efforts from states to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Deere has announced all of its Tier 4 diesel engines are approved for B30 fuels, a fuel blend with up to 30% biodiesel. The ...

An option submitted in August by John Hausladen of the Minnesota Trucking Association makes several negative remarks about biodiesel and the biodiesel industry ("Biodiesel: Some Promise and Some ...

The city of Seattle has temporarily stopped buying biodiesel fuel for its fleet of vehicles because of concerns that the soy-based mix it was using was more harmful to the environment than regular ...

ALBANY — A Massachusetts-based fuel company is proposing to build a biodiesel facility near the Port of Albany as part of what observers say has been a boom in that type of fuel. Global Companies LLC ...

DANBURY — City officials lauded the opening of a first-of-its-kind plant capable of converting waste grease from restaurant kitchens into 220,000 gallons of top-grade biodiesel annually. To prove that ...

John Deere has announced all of its Tier 4 diesel engines are approved for B30 fuels, a fuel blend with up to 30% biodiesel. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association called the action a “major step” ...