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Alaska Airlines Makes Significant Investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Environment + Energy Leader

Alaska Airlines announced today it has finalized an agreement with biofuel company Gevo Inc., to purchase its most significant sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake commitment to date – 185 million gallons of SAF over five years starting in 2026.

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Singapore Unveils Blueprint for Sustainable Air Hub

Clean Energy Law

The proposed initiatives and enablers for each domain are listed below: Notable Decarbonisation Initiatives National SAF target and SAF levy – From 2026, flights departing Singapore will be required to use at least 1% of SAF. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport.

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Alaska Airlines makes significant investment in sustainable aviation fuel

Environmental News Bits

Alaska Airlines announced today it has finalized an agreement with biofuel company Gevo Inc., to purchase its most significant sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake commitment to date – 185 million gallons of SAF over five years starting in 2026. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

A few years later, it introduced the Half the Oil Plan , which spelled out how to slash oil use through greater fuel efficiency and new, innovative technologies, such as electric vehicles and biofuels. Soon thereafter, it began extolling the virtues of battery electric vehicles , which it continues to do today.

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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

One year later , it scheduled more than 200 trial flights between Paris and Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil. Then in June, Airbus, Uniper, Siemens Energy and Sasol also announced that they were partnering to open an e-kerosene production facility in Hamburg that would be operational in 2026.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

A biofuel trade association challenged NHTSA’s consideration of California’s Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) program in identifying the baseline as preempted by EPCA’s provision targeting state laws “related to fuel economy standards.” The oral argument centered on these arguments.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

ESA

billion in fiscal year (FY) 2026. The Senate bill authorizes $12 billion in FY 2026. EPA – Request for Nomination of Experts for the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress Peer Review Panel. The House and Senate bills authorize slightly different funding levels for the Office of Science.

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