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SAPPHIRE ENERGY URGES SENATORS TO ADD PROVEN ALGAE-BASED FUEL TO CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION

Company President Testifies Before Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing on ‘Business Opportunities and Climate Policy’

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Sapphire Energy Statement Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Statement of Cynthia J. Warner, President, Sapphire Energy, Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing on “Business Opportunities and Climate Policy” on May 19, 2009

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ALGAE-BASED FUEL PROJECTED TO BE COMMERCIAL-READY IN THREE YEARS

Sapphire Energy Reveals Timeline for Drop-In Replacement Fuel

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCER SAPPHIRE ENERGY APPLAUDS STIMULUS BILL PASSAGE

Energy Provisions Will Create Jobs, Energy Independence and Address Climate Change

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Continental Airlines Flight Demonstrates Use of Sustainable Biofuels as Energy Source for Jet Travel

HOUSTON – Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) today is demonstrating the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft for the first time ever in North America. The demonstration flight – which is being conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell’s UOP – marks the first sustainable biofuel demonstration flight by a commercial carrier using a two-engine aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 equipped with CFM International CFM56-7B engines.

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