FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Calif. Business News) Announcing formation of Bio Jet Fuel World Industry Trade Group - World Biojet Alliance SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 14, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mitch Hawkins, CEO of JatrophaBioJet Corporation announced today founding of the World Biojet Alliance (www.biojetalliance.org), a worldwide industry non-profit trade group to serve the needs of the rapidly forming Bio Jet Fuel sector. Mr. Hawkins, who will serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors, stated "The World Biojet Alliance will be an independent and impartial global organization founded to promote, conduct research, coordinate communications and provide innovative solutions for advanced biofuels used in aviation. The Alliance will also serve as an information network that is fully equipped to educate the public, media, and elected officials about the true economic and environmental benefits associated with the production and use of advanced biofuels." The purpose of the World Biojet Alliance is to: - Conduct research and provide analysis on the biojet industry. - Develop a repository of information on biofuels and the biojet industry. - Assist in establishing quality standards and best practices. - Provide accurate and timely information to the public and media on initiatives, funding opportunities, and developments from across the entire field of biofuels. - Provide networking and collaboration opportunities. - Facilitate commercialization and market development of the biojet industry. Timothy Bigelow will serve as President and Executive Director. Mr. Bigelow said "The WBA will be an alliance of professionals from industry, education, and government from around the globe. Particularly of note, with our staff's extensive background in finance, we are preparing to launch a series of Investment Webinars designed to aid the investment community in understanding and identifying opportunities in aviation biofuels. WBA Staff is currently working on projects to summarize methodological differences in lifecycle accounting for GHG emissions from biofuels and approaches to accounting for indirect impacts of biofuels production." JatrophaBioJet Corporation (www.jatrophabiojet.org) is the founding charter member of WBA and has provided funding for its formation. The Company is developing the Jatropha/advanced biofuels market for jet, turbine and aerospace applications. JatrophaBioJet provides a cooperative single point exchange for the worldwide supply and purchase of bio jet fuel. It also utilizes its formidable carbon resources to provide the solution to the very large related carbon offset opportunity, believed to be in excess of 660 million metric tons of CO2 per year from worldwide aviation. More information: http://www.biojetalliance.org . *(LOGO 72dpi: www.Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0714LG-WorldBioJ_72dpi.jpg) All trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: JatrophaBioJet Corporation # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Timothy Bigelow Executive Director World Biojet Alliance +1-805-680-9039 tim.bigelow @ biojetalliance.org Skype: timothy.bigelow //Note to editors: * Print-ready images may be requested from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-07-0714-003SP.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-07-0714-003SP.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or Web site automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. Information is believed accurate but is not guaranteed. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... JULY 2009 Press Release / S-NAT US=(CA) / pre = / ytv = / agency = () / prt = Y /END/