'Gold rush' for biofuel plants beginning upstate

If every day is a learning experience, then Jason Masters knows how to pay attention to the lessons that matter most.

The native of Livonia, Livingston County, was a greenhouse gas scientist working in the Middle East in the 1990s when he had several chances to speak to Arab sheiks — people whose lives revolve around oil. Not surprisingly, the conversation frequently would turn to energy.

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