In Las Vegas, tennis superstar Venus Williams and boxed bedmaker GhostBed are debuting a line of mattresses at the upcoming Winter Las Vegas Market meeting. The mattresses feature a soy-based foam layer as well as a far infrared technology layer, dubbed Venus FIT, that absorbs body temperature for a cooling effect that also increases blood […]
In Nevada, Bently Biofuels has received $17,000 as a part of the $14 million of bonus payments announced last week by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. The company, which converts waste vegetable oil into biodiesel along with the local Biodiesel of Las Vegas, has seen an increase in production from prior years, to which the company […]
At the National Biodiesel Boards annual Biodiesel Summit in Las Vegas, NBB CEO Joe Jobe projected that US biodiesel production will exceed 1.5 billion gallons for 2013, well over the EPA’s 1.28 billion gallon mandate. Under RFS2 rules, biodiesel can qualify not only in the biomass-based diesel category — but for the advanced biofuels pool […]
In Nevada, Sen. Byron Dorgan will give the keynote address at the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. The Senator has retired from public office, but has recently been discussed in the media as a prospect for the Secretary of Energy, should Secretary Chu step down. More on the story.
