Article: Alternative fuels push to benefit Alaska.

Byline: Tim Bradner

Jun. 5--A new federal initiative to manufacture alternate fuels from coal could benefit projects in Alaska.

Theodore Barna, assistant deputy undersecretary of defense, said the Department of Defense is launching an effort to get U.S. industry to tackle alternative fuels projects to make ultra-clean, high-performance jet fuel and diesel for the military.

Barna told the Alaska Clean Energy Symposium in Anchorage May 26 that Department of Defense intends for its OSD Clean Fuels Initiative to jump-start domestic production of clean fuels made from non-petroleum sources, including coal and oil-shale.

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