MEPS WANT MORE BIOGAS, BUT WITH TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament wants reforms to European Union (EU) regulations to promote the production of biogas, but only from organic sources, such as biomass, food waste and agricultural debris. A report approved by MEPs called on the European Commission to change rules on EU regional and rural development funds to ensure biogas plant investment was covered. It also wanted national governments to ensure local and national economic plans prevented the preferred use of natural gas and other fossil fuels for heating, "where it is feasible to ...
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