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Metrolink has switched to renewable fuel in all of its locomotives, reportedly the first U.S. transit entity to make that conversion.
To meet some of its climate change goals, the agency began using the cleaner-burning substance in a pilot program it held early last year according to a statement on the agency’s website.
“It’s a proud achievement to be the first rail agency in the nation to use renewable fuel to move people around southern California,” Metrolink Board Chair Ara Najarian said in the statement. “We are committed to continue working toward better air quality in our region and lessening our effect on climate change for the planet.”
The fuel is made up of recycled natural fats and vegetable oils, with no petroleum fossil fuels. This allows it to burn cleaner, cutting pollutants and decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions of carbon dioxide by up to 80 percent, according to the statement.
