Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition

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Thorntons & KyCGA Partner to Promote E85 at the
Kentucky State Fair
(August 19, 2010) Thorntons, Inc., the leading, independent gasoline/convenience-chain retailer in the Midwest, is giving away more than $15,000 in gift cards and coupons for E85 fuel at its E85 locations through a promotion with the Kentucky Corn Growers Association (KyCGA) at the Kentucky State Fair, August 19-29.

2010 ROUSH Propane Powered F-250 available through GSA AutoChoice

ROUSH and Grande Ford Truck Center in San Antonio, Texas are pleased to announce that the 2010 ROUSH Propane Powered Ford F-250 is now available through GSA AutoChoice.

UPS Sets New Automotive Goal to Improve Fuel Efficiency by 20%

(July 26, 2010) UPS (NYSE:UPS) has set a new automotive goal to improve the miles per gallon (MPG) performance of its entire U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020. The goal was announced today as UPS released the latest annual update of its corporate Sustainability Report, available at http://ups.com/sustainability. The new goal builds on gains UPS already has made by increasing its U.S. MPG 10% between 2000 and 2009 and applies to a U.S. ground fleet of 60,000 vehicles. Read more>>

TARC Adds Nine Hybrid Buses with New Butterfly Design

(July 2010) – TARC’s fleet of environmentally-friendly buses increased to 21 with the arrival of nine new Gillig hybrid-electric buses in mid July. Seven of them were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and two from a variety of federal and state sources. The hybrids are silver with a new butterfly design that complements the silver bus design that was introduced last year. Read more>>

Louisville UPS Receives EPA Industry Leadership Award

(6.24.10) - Bill Jacob, VP Airline Ground Support Equipment, UPS and Steve Leffin, Corporate Sustainability Manager, UPS accepted the Industry Leadership Award from the Southeast Diesel Collaborative, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday June 22 in Atlanta, Georgia. UPS was recognized by the EPA for their exceptional efforts to reduce diesel emissions and improve air quality in the Southeastern US. See photos>>

LaRue County School District to receive first Hybrid Electric School Bus in Kentucky

(6.18.10) LaRue County will be the first school district in the Commonwealth to receive a hybrid electric school bus on July 27, 2010. LaRue Superintendent Samuel Sanders will receive the keys of the ThomasBuilt hybrid electric school bus at a ceremony to be held in Louisville.

Several more ThomasBuilt hybrid electric buses will be delivered in August and September:

Allen County on August 19
Pike County on August 24
Corbin Independent on August 31
Frankfort Independent and Franklin County on September 1
Covington Independent on September 3

Thornton's installs more E85 dispensers in Kentucky
Partnerships with Kentucky Corn Growers & Growth Energy make it happen

(6.18.10) With financial assistance from the Kentucky Corn Growers Association and Growth Energy, an ethanol support organization, Thornton's will have up to seven E85 dispenser sites in Louisville and another planned for Lexington.

In a recent press release from Growth Energy, Thornton's Chief Executive Officer, Matt Thornton, said. “We are very excited about the expansion of E85 fuel in our stores. We support the use of ethanol, wherever it is economically available.” Read more >>

Hybrid Horsepower for Kentucky Schools

Frankfort, KY – Twenty-two public school districts across Kentucky will be adding 34 hybrid electric school buses to their fleets in August 2010. Districts were awarded approximately $2.1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the hybrid additions based on criteria ensuring all districts a fair and equitable opportunity. Successful applicants will receive funding to cover the difference in purchase costs between regular diesel and hybrid buses.
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KCFC Receives $20,000 Grant from UPS

The Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, a non-profit alternative transportation fuels and advanced technology organization, has received a $20,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS (NYSE:UPS). Read more>>

KCFC Executive Director Melissa Howell Chosen for Leadership Louisville's Bingham Fellows Class of 2010

1.28.10 - KCFC Executive Director Melissa Howell has been selected to participate in the Bingham Fellows Class of 2010. Bingham Fellows was established over twenty years ago and is a program hosted by The Leadership Louisville
Center. Read more>>

UPS Tops "Climate Count" Scorecard for Consumer Shipping

Rated in Top 20 Among All Corporations

11.19.09 - UPS has earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector of the annual “Climate Counts” scorecard and also was rated No. 11 among all 143 ranked companies. UPS ranked No. 1 in the consumer shipping sector, leaping ahead of competitors Deutsche Post World Net/DHL, the U.S. Postal Service and FedEx. Climate Counts ranks the world's largest companies based on 22 criteria that focus on measuring and reducing climate impact, corporate support of public policy initiatives on climate change and openness and transparency in reporting. Read more>>

University of Louisville Researchers Convert Campus Cooking Oil to Biodiesel

Used cooking oil from campus restaurants at the University of Louisville is helping to fuel a campus shuttle bus in a research-based recycling pilot program. Eric Berson, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and students at Speed School of Engineering are converting spent oil from Sodexo Inc., UofL's campus food-service provider, into biodiesel fuel that can be blended to power a UofL-owned bus shuttling Belknap Campus students. Initial tests have been successful in the effort to turn a waste material into a useful product and to demonstrate campus sustainability, Berson said. The project also is an example of research at UofL's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship.
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UPS Offers Shippers "Green" Option to Offset Carbon Dioxide

10.6.09 - UPS today became the first small package carrier to offer its customers the ability to offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the transport of their packages within the United States.

Under the UPS carbon neutral program, UPS will offer U.S. shippers the option of paying a small fee to calculate and offset the climate impact of the shipment of each of their packages. Detailed information about UPS carbon neutral services is available at ups.com/carbonneutral.

23 Kentucky School Districts to Receive About $1.5 Million for Clean School Bus Retrofits

8.12.09 - Governor Steve Beshear announced Wednesday that 23 school districts were funded to retrofit 690 school buses around the Commonwealth. The source of funding is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The availability of the funds was announced in April of this year resulting in 35 school districts applying with nearly $2 million in funding requested. More >>

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ATA, USDA and Boeing Announce Formation of Farm to Fly Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Initiative

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7.14.10 - At a July 14 meeting hosted by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Air Transport Association and Boeing, signed a first-of-its-kind resolution, committing to work together to advance sustainable aviation biofuels through a Farm to Fly partnership.

In the meeting the groups discussed the work that has gone on to date, as well as their shared vision for accelerating the commercial availability of sustainable aviation biofuels in the United States, increasing domestic energy security, establishing targeted regional supply projects and supporting rural development.

Secretary Vilsack said that Farm to Fly exemplifies the type of cooperation that can bring us closer to a clean-energy economy while helping bring new opportunities to rural America.

Jim May said that the airlines are committed to forming strong partnerships to pursue commercially viable and sustainable alternative fuels.

The official Farm to Fly resolution includes the designation of a Farm to Fly working team to promote the production of sustainable feedstocks and the development of aviation biofuels-production facilities. USDA will work within its authority to ensure that feedstocks that show particular promise for biojet fuel are eligible for relevant USDA bioenergy and biomass programs. In addition, the working team will use regional projects to further assess opportunities for advancing the deployment of sustainable alternative biofuels while providing expanded economic opportunities in U.S. rural communities. The working team will issue a preliminary report on its work in first quarter 2011 with a final report expected in mid-2011.

Ethanol dispensers receive final safety certification

(6.24.10) Growth Energy today announced that Underwriters Laboratory (UL) has simultaneously issued certifications to both the Gilbarco Veeder-Root Encore®E85 fueling dispenser and the Dresser Wayne Ovation ®Eco fueling E85 dispenser. These fuel pumps are now completely certified and approved for dispensing any range of fuel ethanol from E0 through E85.