EU ROUND UP – BRUSSELS EXAMINES INDIRECT POLLUTION CAUSED BY BIOFUELS
January 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SYSTEMIC advantages given to biofuels in the European Union (EU) through tax breaks and subsidies could take a knock this year, with the European Commission examining their indirect contribution to greenhouse gas production.
Brussels already takes account of their direct effect, through production and use emissions, and land use changes on fields used to grow feedstocks: only biofuels with a proven 35% emissions advantage over fossil fuels qualify for environment-linked tax breaks and handouts, under the EU's renewable energy directive.
But the ...
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