Dec 28, 2022

The struggles continue for Southwest Airlines

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The airline is still canceling or delaying thousands of flights after other airlines have bounced back from the holiday rush. What's going on? Elsewhere, federal money to help address COVID is running out. In France, another level has been reached for aviation fuel.

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COVID-19

Federal funds for COVID testing and vaccines are running low

by Samantha Fields

Dec 28, 2022

The White House has been asking Congress to allocate more funds, but that hasn't happened.

With universal coverage for COVID vaccines, treatments and tests ending, "we're going back to how the U.S. health care system generally works," said Jen Kates at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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French entrepreneurs look to agriculture and forestry for the future of aviation fuel

by John Laurenson

Dec 28, 2022

One company says it can make sustainable aviation fuel using beets, sugar cane and forestry waste.

France is Europe's largest producer of sugar beets. Now, a bioenergy company there is using bacteria from the sugar to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

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