EU BIOFUEL INDUSTRY GEARING UP FOR SURVIVAL FIGHT WITH POLICY-MAKERS
November 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
EVER since the European Commission announced last month that it would stop subsiding food-based biofuels from 2020 and support the production of secondary biofuels based on waste matter and algae, Europe's biofuel sector has been preparing to fight for survival.
Based on what Brussels says is new scientific evidence about carbon emissions resulting from indirect land use changes (ILUC) generated by the production of food-based or first-generation biofuels, the European Commission proposed changes to two relevant pieces of legislation, ...
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