EU PREPARES TO ABANDON FIRST GENERATION BIOFUELS
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to abandon supporting the production of many first generation biofuels, after accepting analysis that their production and use generates as many carbon emissions as fossil fuels. European Union (EU) energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger and climate action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard have been tasked by a meeting of the College of Commissioners with jointly drafting legislation that will reform EU biofuels laws. It will address new assessments on indirect land use changes caused by biofuel production, which ...
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