New Hanover County has inoculated 34% of its population. (Port City Daily/File)
North Carolina now has 46.4% of the population fully vaccinated, with 51.5% partially vaccinated. Gov. Cooper had been pressing the message over the last few months that he would lift the mask mandate when two-thirds of the population have at least one shot. Yet, following the CDC’s announcement last week that vaccinated people could go maskless in public, the governor surprised North Carolinians on Friday by announcing he would drop masks for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
The only exception: Masks must still be worn on public transportation, in childcare centers, schools, prisons, and other public-health settings.
Vertex Energy Names Bart Rice as Division President of Renewable and Conventional Fuels
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HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / May 18, 2021 /
Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTNR, Vertex Energy or the Company ), a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined products, today announced that it has named Bart Rice as Division President of Renewable and Conventional Fuels for Vertex.
Rice, who joined Vertex in early 2020, brings 40 years of energy industry experience to the Company. Previously, he served in executive leadership roles with Rice Oil, Allied Energy Company, Crystal Energy LLC, Division President of Emerge Energy Services LP and Joint Venture Partner with Lansing Trade Group and Andersons, Inc. Bart has been instrumental in creating supplemental revenue streams around renewables and conventional fuels, pioneering the blending of ethanol with gasoline, biodiesel manufacturing, environmental reclamation, and trans-mix distillation, including hydrotreating
Community leaders from Ironton filed comments opposing the air permit application for the Tallgrass oil export terminal. The project, a joint venture between Tallgrass Energy LP, Drexel-Hamilton, and the Port of Plaquemines, is slated for construction in Plaquemines Parish at the site of the former St Rosalie plantation. The proposed oil export terminal would be built next to Ironton, a historic Black community whose residents say their ancestors were laid to rest at St Rosalie. If Tallgrass moves forward, Ironton leaders fear the desecration of these burial grounds.
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Vertex Energy, Inc.: Vertex Energy Names Bart Rice as Division President of Renewable and Conventional Fuels
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