by Noah Shachtman | Nov 29, 2012 | Monitor
The Senate on Wednesday threw a life raft to the Navy’s beleaguered plan to power its ships and jets with biofuel.
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 1, 2012 | Monitor
David Riggs, a fuel operator with the Fleet Logistic Center Puget Sound Manchester Fuel Department, prepares to deliver biofuels to the U.S.N.S. Henry J. Kaiser during the Great Green Fleet demonstration. Photo: U.S. Navy The Navy’s plans to power warships with...
by Tom Hicks | Jul 27, 2012 | Monitor
The oiler U.S.N.S. Henry J. Kaiser delivers a biofuel blend to the guided-missile cruiser U.S.S Princeton during the Great Green Fleet demonstration. Photo: U.S. Navy Last week, Danger Room published a critical look at the Navy’s efforts to launch a...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 17, 2012 | Monitor
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus addresses the sailors of the U.S.S. Ingraham. Photo: U.S. Navy Updated 7/18/12 5:52 pm. In October of 2009, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus took the stage at a hotel ballroom in Virginia to announce the military’s most ambitious energy plan in...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
New Darpa director Arati Prabhakar. Photo courtesy of SRI International Until last year, Arati Prabhakar worked for the venture capitalists who backed Solyndra, the green-tech firm that imploded in a scandal described by Mitt Romney as an example of the White...