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2026-06-12Aviation has a climate problem a Moses Lake refinery may help fix it
Twelve’s sustainable jet fuel plant on Wednesday in Moses Lake. Twelve uses renewable electricity, water and CO2 to create its “E-Jet” jet fuel. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter MOSES LAKE — A startup-style company developing a greener way to produce jet fuel using carbon dioxide, water and -
2025-07-24Sustainable jet fuel company plans multibillion-dollar plant in Longview
By Nick Pasion – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Story Highlights Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels plans 200-acre sustainable aviation fuel facility in Longview. Company mitigates financial risk through insurance underwriter partnership for funding. Facility expected to produce 60 million gallons of SAF annually. A sustainable aviation fuel company is eyeing a site on the Columbia River in Cowlitz -
2025-07-23Greenhouse gas accounting procedures may overlook bio-derived aviation fuel
by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Low carbon fuel policies are intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. However, rigid carbon intensity (CI) accounting procedures in current policies may limit CI responsiveness across candidate sites and facilities. Work published in the journal ACS Sustainable Resource -
2025-04-03Green Methanol: A Deep Dive into the Alternative Marine Fuel
By Jack Winterhalter, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow Fuel burned by oceangoing vessels — large ships that carry marine cargo and passengers around the world — contributes about 3% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. Most oceangoing vessels in operation use petroleum-based fossil fuels that release greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants that -
2024-06-23
FORBES MONEY MARKETS Is Europe’s 2050 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Quota Unsustainable?
Europe's airlines have been queuing up to buy sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). However, the European industry will most likely fail in meeting the EU's 2050 quota target, because the target itself is not very realistic, according to the boss of the company operating one of Europe's largest airports. -
2024-05-12Southwest Airlines invests in sustainable aviation fuel
From cornfield to airplane By Erica Quinlan May 12, 2024 at 12:50 pm CDT A chart shows how sustainable aviation fuel is created. INDIANAPOLIS — Boilermaker Anthony Gregory recently attended the High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit. Gregory, who works as renewable ventures chief operating officer at Southwest Airlines, discussed sustainable aviation fuel. Southwest -
2024-05-08Farm to Fly Act – Legislative Overview
The Farm to Fly Act is a proposed piece of U.S. legislation aimed at promoting Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) by expanding their eligibility within USDA bioenergy programs, encouraging federal agency collaboration, and establishing a standardized definition of SAF. The bill seeks to create new markets for American farmers by connecting agricultural crops and biomass to aviation fuel production, while also boosting rural economic development and domestic energy security. It is backed by a broad coalition of agricultural organizations, renewable fuel producers, and major U.S. airlines. -
Airlines, farm groups urge crop-based aviation fuel in farm bill
By Marc Heller | 04/24/2024 01:40 PM EDT Organizations asked Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress to include incentives for sustainable aviation fuel in the upcoming farm bill. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is leading legislation on sustainable aviation fuel that groups want included in the farm bill. Francis Chung/POLITICO Commercial airlines and biofuel industry groups pressed key lawmakers Wednesday -
2024-04-24Letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership on Sustainable Aviation Fuel and the Farm to Fly Act
In April 2024, a broad coalition of aviation, agriculture, and biofuel organizations wrote to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provisions in the Farm Bill. The letter specifically supports the Farm to Fly Act, which would expand USDA energy programs to recognize SAF feedstocks from American farms, promote collaboration between agriculture and aviation sectors, and establish a common emissions measurement standard. The signatories argue this would benefit U.S. farmers, rural economies, and the aviation industry's goal of producing 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. -
2023-11-07Farm to Fly Act of 2023 (H.R. 6271)
The Farm to Fly Act of 2023 (H.R. 6271) is a U.S. House bill introduced in November 2023 that updates agricultural law definitions to formally include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within USDA bioenergy programs. The bill aims to expand the domestic supply of cleaner aviation fuel by supporting American farmers and agricultural feedstocks as key sources for SAF production. It recognizes the partnership between the agricultural and aviation sectors as a means to boost rural economic development and domestic energy security.