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Deloitte Joins Call For DoD To Increase Efficiency, Renewable Energy

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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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Echoing recent studies by policy groups the Center for Naval Analyses and the Brookings Institution, consulting firm Deloitte LLC issued a report last week that warned of the dangers of dependence on fossil fuels to national security and urged the Pentagon to put renewable fuels and energy efficiency on a fast track. Deloitte's findings don't differ much from the earlier studies, but its report does emphasize public-private partnerships as the best, and perhaps only, way forward that can enable the…

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