HOUSE BILL 1645 - Providing incentives for the use of clean-burning alternative fuels and equipment used in student transportation programs. AN ACT Relating to incentives for the use of clean-burning alternative fuels and equipment in student transportation programs...   2005 Legislation Session Description: Package of bills being considered: HB 1645, 1646, 1647. The first bill (HB1645) would eliminate the 28 cent/gallon special fuel tax on biodiesel used in student transportation programs. 2005 Legislative Session: The Clean Cities Coalition is currently developing legislation and working with legislators in preparation for the 2005 Legislative Session, which began on January 10, 2005.Additional details on each of these bills can be found on the Washington State Legislature website.... See Full Story 2003 Legislative Session Washington State Approves Package of Bills to Promote Use of Biodiesel and Ethanol Fuels House Bills 1240, 1241, 1242 and 1243. The Washington State Legislature and the state's Governor have approved passage of a package of bills designed to promote in-state production and use of biodiesel and ethanol fuels. Biodiesel is a clean-burning fuel made from domestic renewable resources such as soybeans, oilseed crops, recycled vegetable oil and restaurant grease which can be used in virtually any diesel engine. Ethanol is also a renewable resource, produced from domestic sources such as corn and waste bio mass..... See Full Story Environmental News Network Report Study blames 20,000 deaths a year on diesel exhaust. February 23, 2005. ENN. WASHINGTON — Emissions from old diesel engines cause more than 20,000 Americans a year to die sooner than they would have otherwise, an environmental group estimated Tuesday.An industry group criticized the findings as outdated and misleading.The metropolitan areas with the highest number of early deaths from diesel engines were New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, according to the Boston-based Clean Air Task Force. The study included the surrounding suburbs, so New York's estimated total of 2,729 deaths included parts of New Jersey and Connecticut ...... See Full Story