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NEFI Launches Resource Center
The National Energy & Fuels Institute has unveiled a new website to provide industry stakeholders with tools and information to achieve greater success in the future.
In Two Months, PCF Generates Nearly 5K Letters
Since our March 8 launch, Project Carbon Freedom has sent 4,884 messages to 499 state representatives, senators, and legislative committee members across New England, New York, and beyond.
PCF Makes Headlines
Widespread coverage of the launch of Project Carbon Freedom included a three-page spread in Indoor Comfort Magazine, which featured the initiative on it's March-April cover. The story ran in tandem with an impassioned op-ed by industry leader Paul Nazzaro, who makes a powerful case for Bioheat fuel and calls on heating oil dealers to share their stories.
PCF Virtual Launch Inspires Action
The March 8 virtual launch of Project Carbon Freedom, a coordinated effort by the heating oil industry and National Biodiesel Board to advocate for legislation that supports the growth of renewable liquid heating fuel in the Northeast, generated more than 500 advocacy letters from 14 states in less than 10 minutes.
Heat-Pump Promise Falls Short for Long Island Ratepayer
James Muller paid more than $27,000 for a heat-pump system and insulation work that he was told would lead to savings. More than a year later and now facing more than $3,700 in back electric charges, he says he’s still waiting — and switching back to liquid heating fuel.
A Green Plan That Benefits Everyone
In an op-ed published by The Sun Chronicle, Matt Allen, vice-president of W.H. Riley & Son, Inc., says that the home heating industry stands ready and willing to help reduce emissions in the Northeast – if only lawmakers will recognize renewable liquid heating fuel as part of the solution.
Sprague, Biofine to Commercialize 100% Renewable Heating Fuel
New England fuel wholesaler Sprague Energy has partnered with Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. to market and distribute ethyl levulinate (EL), the company's 100-percent renewable heating fuel made from forest product waste.
Biden EPA Pick Michael Regan on the Importance of Biofuels
President Biden's nominee to lead the EPA, Michael Regan, says “we cannot meet our [decarbonization] goals without having a very strong partnership with agriculture... Advanced biofuels will be very important."
PCF Plans March 8 Virtual Launch
Join Eric Slifka, CEO of Global Partners LP, and Donnell Rehagen, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board, for the March 8 virtual launch of a first-of-its-kind, cross-industry climate initiative by the U.S. liquid energy and agricultural sectors.
B20 Bioheat from the Technician’s Perspective
Industry veteran Robert O'Brien spells out what service technicians need to know about B20 Bioheat® as the heating fuel supply pool moves to higher biodiesel blends.
Kearney: Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Best Path Forward in Northeast
Analysis by global management consulting firm Kearney confirmed that liquid renewable heating fuels represent the easiest, most affordable way to decarbonize the region's heating sector.
Brookhaven Study Validates Higher Bioheat Blends
Findings published in Brookhaven National Laboratory's report, B20 to B100 Blends as Heating Fuels, “have not identified a clear technical barrier which would limit the use of biodiesel in home heating systems”
“Individuals and communities across the country are going be affected by net-zero transitions in different ways. All Americans will be crucial partners in this transition, and we must be sensitive to the needs and values of communities when planning and implementing the very significant infrastructure and other developments needed to get to net-zero,”
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