On September 10, The National Biodiesel Board hosted a ribbon-cutting, tree planting and open house to celebrate the opening of its new headquarters in Jefferson City, Mo. Members of the Governing Board were on hand to help break in the new building. Governor Matt Blunt and U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof spoke and lead the ribbon cutting. Mayor John Landwehr and members of the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce were also present.

The National Biodiesel Board was founded in Jefferson City in 1993. In 2007, the advocacy group bought a building on the city’s regenerating East Side, and has completely renovated it from the ground up. The result is a state of the art office with exciting technological capabilities, such as worldwide video conferencing. The building has many eco-friendly features, including:

Carpet made from recycled materials
Nontoxic paint
Solar-powered outdoor lights
Automatic indoor lights
Energy Star appliances
High efficiency toilets

For more information, visit the group's website, www.biodiesel.org.

For the first time in half a decade, a Japanese company has launched plans for a clean-burning diesel sport utility vehicle. Nissan announced that it will begin selling the X-Trail 20GT Sport in Japan on September 18.

Diesel cars have long been popular in Europe, but have virtually no market share in Japan.

For more information, visit the Nissan site.

Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin highlighted her plans to drill more oil domestically in her acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis Wednesday night.

Palin, Governor of Alaska, focused on additional domestic oil production as the best way to keep the country from "the mercy of foreign suppliers." She stated that as an Alaska native, she could attest that the country has "lots of both."

Palin indicated plans to "lay more pipeline," process additional clean coal,and to research solar, wind and geothermal projects.

No mention was made of biofuels.

Energy was the first substantive issue Palin tackled in her forty-minute-long acceptance speech, which was cheered wildly by the Republican crowds.

BidForGreen, the nation's premier biodiesel solutions provider, has taken Gibson Guitars' fleet of buses green.

"We are very pleased that Gibson has taken such a big step to reduce their carbon footprint and use American fuel," said BidForGreen CEO Dale Wiley. "We're glad to add them to the fold."

Gibson got a high-profile delivery man for their official green kick-off in Texas on July 3rd. Willie Nelson, also a client of BidForGreen, did the honors at his Carl's Corner, Texas truck stop.

Gibson has a fleet of five North American buses that attend high-profile music festivals and conventions. BidForGreen manages the logistics for fueling the buses with biodiesel, allowing Gibson to run green all over the United States and Canada.

BidForGreen's other clients include Willie Nelson, Styx, Merle Haggard, MusicMatters, NBC Universal, and the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

BuildingCTGreen, one of the largest green building sites, has chosen to feature BidForGreen and its parent company American Green Holdings as its feature this month. To read the article, visit the site or click here