Guilt-free flying? Euro firms seek to make renewable jet fuel from air

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Plans underway for pilot plant at Rotterdam The Hague airport

An airport in the Netherlands could be home to the first plant making renewable jet fuel from air, under a co-operation agreement signed by European aviation firms signed on Friday. Rotterdam The Hague...

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