Ohio’s Meigs County Commissioners Back U.S. 33 ‘Biofuels Corridor’
by Brian J. Reed (Pomeroy Daily Sentinel) Meigs County Commissioners have agreed to work with Rural Action of Trimble and other organizations to develop a “biofuels corridor” between Columbus and the Ohio River. Robin Kinney, a volunteer with Rural Action, met with commissioners Thursday to discuss the non-profit organization’s efforts, along with Hocking College and Clean Fuels Ohio, to develop the corridor and promote the use of biofuels in school buses and other vehicles, and its availability through retail outlets along U.S. 33 in Fairfield, Hocking, Athens and Meigs counties. … The state is now offering grant funds to set up biodiesel fueling stations at retail locations and to cover the cost difference between standard diesel and biofuel for school districts which choose to make the switch. READ MORE
