Press and Awards

Press

1/28/13 KZYX "The Renewable Energy Hour" 1-hr interview of Kumar Plocher by Doug Livingston and Jeff Oldham
12/5/12 Ukiah Daily Journal Segment in K.C. Meadows' editor's note, about Yokayo Biofuels' campaign to save local fuel.
11/27/12 Ukiah Daily Journal "From Deep Fried Turkey to Biodiesel"
11/13/12 KZYX "The Ecology Hour" 1-hr interview of Kumar Plocher by Doug Mosel
9/19/12 KMUD Evening News Feature story on our company developments (Yokayo feature is from 18:20-25:30)
8/17/12 KFBK 92.5FM&1530AM Sacramento Short segment on Yokayo Biofuels grant-funded project
8/9/12 California Energy Commission "Energy Commission Awards Nearly $2 Million to Support Alternative Fuel Production and Vehicles"
April 2012 Mendocino Country Independent "State Fuels Local Biodiesel Plant"
12/2/11 Ukiah Daily Journal Trucks Getting Festive for Parade
11/2/11 Congressman Mike Thompson's office Rep. Mike Thompson Announces Funding to Expand The Production and Avaliability of Advanced Biofuels
10/17/11 KZYX&Z Renewable Energy Hour with Doug Livingston and Jeff Oldham
June 2011 Homepower Magazine Issue #143, "The Big Picture for Biofuels"
4/11/11 KZYX&Z Response to President Obama's Energy Security Address
1/2/11 Lake County News Biofuel company uses cooking oil to create fuel
December 2010 North Bay Biz FAB Update: Cleaning Water and Producing Energy
August 2010 Biodiesel Magazine Cover story: "The Resilient Community Producers"
7/14/10 Davis Life Magazine "Man Behind the Squeegee"
July 2010 BioCycle Magazine "Recycling Local Waste Oil and Grease into Biodiesel" (~8 MB pdf)
2/15/10 Mendocino Country, KMEC 1-hr show, incl. 45 min Kumar Plocher interview
11/10/09 KMUD Evening News 15 minute piece on Footprint Recycling and Yokayo Biofuels (~11 MB mp3 file)
10/20/09 Environmental Show, KMUD 1-hr show, incl. 30 min. Kumar Plocher interview (~10 MB mp3 file)
Summer 2009 biodieselSMARTER Yokayo: a case study
May/June 2009 Biofuels Journal "Kumar Plocher Profile" (jpg)
4/23/09 Ukiah Daily Journal "Earth Day at Mendocino College..."
3/12/09 Ukiah Daily Journal "Seeking a Future"
2/18/09 Shaleece Haas "Biodiesel Grows Up" (link to Vimeo Video)
12/29/08 Farm and Garden Show Audio Interview with host Debra Scott (15 MB mp3 download)
7/9/08 Lake County Record Bee "Epidendio Construction goes green"
6/5/08 CBS 5 Evening News "Backyard Brewers Make Fuel Amid High Gas Prices" (video link)
5/5/2008 Voice Of America "Biodiesel: Fuel of the Future?" (audio- mp3) (article)
April 2008 Biodiesel Magazine "From the 'VEGGIE VAN' to the Big Screen"
3/13/2008 National Biodiesel Board Press Release: "NBB Appoints Members to Sustainability Task Force"
2/13/2008 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels Proponent Stresses Sustainability"
2/9/2008 Press Democrat "Biofuel Users Say It's Still a Good Alternative"
Winter 2007 Terrain Magazine "Elbow Grease"
July/Aug 2007 Biofuels Journal "Eliminating Dust" (pdf)
5/1/2007 Center for American Progress "Interview with a Biodiesel Producer, Kumar Plocher."
3/16/2007 Independent Coast Observer "Renewable and sustainable fuels on the minds of many"
2/22/2007 San Francisco Chronicle "Fueling a Revolution"
1/12/2007 Ukiah Daily Journal "Celebration of Leaders" (pdf)
July/Aug 2006 GreenAmerica (fmr. Co-opAmer) "Powered by Veggie Oil" (pdf)
August 2005 North Bay Biz "Bioneering Biodiesel"
6/1/2005 Mendocino Country Independent "Biodiesel strategic, practical"
Fall 2004 Earth Island Journal "Make Fries, Not War"
11/24/2004 Lake County Record-Bee "A new smell on the farm"
November 2004 Common Ground "Biodiesel Road Trip"
November 2004 Wines and Vines "Will Biodiesel Fuel the future
10/27/2004 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels fans buy their cars in Ukiah"
10/26/2004 Ukiah Daily Journal "Ukiah making a name for biofuels"
9/1/2004 Pacific Sun "Gas pump Revolution"
5/15/2004 Santa Rosa Press Democrat "Biodiesel Touted as fuel of the Future"
March 2004 New Settler Interview "Fry oil fuel stations"
1/14/2004 Windsor Times "Council considers fueling trucks with biodiesel"
8/24/2003 Ukiah Daily Journal "Solfest 2003 photos"
7/4/2003 Santa Rosa Press Democrat "Coffee Company turns to biodiesel"
6/25/2003 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels gaining ground as easy energy source"
12/31/2002 Associated Press "Biofuel touted as alternative to foreign oil"
9/3/2002 Democracy Now! "alternatives to global warming" (audio- mp3)
7/30/2002 Ukiah Daily Journal "Running on Vegetable Oil"

Ukiah Daily Journal 2/2/07 "Chamber Presents Awards"
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