Navy launches Green Fleet partly powered by biofuel

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Navy launches Green Fleet partly powered by biofuel

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took part in the opening ceremony Wednesday for the Great Green Fleet, a year-long initiative...

Federal News Network Staff

January 21, 2016 7:57 am

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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, right, holds a sample of a fuel blend alongside Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, during a refueling at sea aboard the USS William P. Lawrence guided missile destroyer Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in waters off Coronado, California. The U.S. Navy is launching a carrier strike group to be powered partly by biofuel, calling it a milestone toward easing the military’s reliance on foreign oil.

*(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)*

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