FAA Awards Funds For Alternative Jet Fuels.

AVstop (12/4, Douglas) reported that the FAA will award $7.7 million to eight companies "to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel." According to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, "these new green aviation fuels will use energy sources right here at home," and he added "this type of innovation will create good-paying jobs in the airline and energy industries and help protect the environment at the same time." The Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe Center will distribute the funds to the eight companies who will help the FAA to "develop and approve alternative, sustainably-sourced 'drop-in' jet fuels that can be used without changing aircraft engine systems or airport fueling infrastructure."

U.S. Navy, USDA make largest federal purchase of biofuels.

(12/6, FoxNews) The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture signed an agreement to purchase 450,000 gallons of biofuel derived from nonfood sources. The fuel will power aircraft and ships as part of an initiative to promote biofuels. The purchase at $16 per gallon marks the largest federal purchase of biofuels to date.