By Jim Carroll, Erie Times-News, Pa. Apr. 8--Bright sunshine played off the large outdoor storage tanks Monday at Lake Erie Biofuels, while inside, a maze of pumps, pipes and tanks churned out the usual day's production of 130,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel.

By Jim Carroll, Erie Times-News, Pa. Oct. 10--A new industry stirred to life on Erie's east side Tuesday -- one that could make northwestern Pennsylvania a player again in heating homes and powering engines. But this time, the fuel will not come from refined crude oil.

ERIE, Pa., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's drive to shed its dependence on foreign oil took a major step forward today with the debut of Lake Erie Biofuels, a plant that will produce 45 million gallons of biofuels every year.

By Erie Times-News, Pa. Jul. 2--Crews from Chivers Construction Co. are working 24 hours a day, moving bricks, cement and other remnants of the International Paper Co. plant.