Inside Green Business -- The fiscal year 2008 defense authorization bill passed by the House last week includes a provision crafted to harness the Defense Department's significant purchasing power as a way to boost the market for renewable energy generation, a significant addition to the growing number of government measures fostering the development of U.S. clean energy demand. The amendment, attached to the bill May 16 during floor debate, would increase the percentage of DOD renewable-energy purchases from the current...
