Las Vegas Review-Journal

The biodiesel industry needs to initiate dialogue with environmental groups and engage young people in shaping the nation’s future for renewable energy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Thursday at the 2013 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Las Vegas.

Frank Giordano had to work through more than just technical obstacles when the Clark County School District started using biodiesel fuel for school buses in 2001. Every time a bus was disabled on the side of the road with a flat tire, biodiesel got the blame. Bus drivers joked they were running on french fry oil.