Energy Vision Honors Champions of Renewable Natural Gas
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At its annual awards reception in Manhattan, the NGO Energy Vision presented government and business leaders with awards for helping expand use of ultra-low carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) in New York and nationally. The awardees include:
New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky, Chair of the NYS Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and lead sponsor of the nation's most ambitious climate bill, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
Juan Corcino, Director of Fleet Operations, Manhattan Beer Distributors, America's largest single-market beer distributor. It operates the largest private fleet of natural gas vehicles in the New York metro region, and is working on fueling them with RNG.
Rudi Roeslein, Founder and CEO of Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), which partnered with Smithfield Foods, the world's largest hog farmer and pork processor, to make RNG from hog manure in Missouri and North Carolina. By 2021 all Smithfield Farms facilities will produce RNG from their manure. Roeslein is working to leverage RNG production from farm waste to help restore 30 million acres of prairie land.