Norwegian airport operator under fire from Greenpeace for importing biojet from California

In Norway, the country’s airport operator Avinor is taking flack from Greenpeace for importing UCO-based aviation biofuel from AltAir in California. The NGO says locally-produced biofuels need to be used in Norway, not imported 10,000 miles, while Avinor argues that the carbon footprint associated with importing the fuel is a fraction of burning fossil-based jet fuel but are twice the price. The Norwegian parliament will soon debate a 1% blending mandate for aviation jetfuel from 2019.