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United Metro Energy Corporation to open Greenpoint biodiesel plant in spring 2015

A once-bankrupt company is now paving the future for biodiesel in New York City. Metro Oil became United Metro Energy Corporation in March 2013, and the new owners say their plan is to open an innovative

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