EU ROUND UP – BRUSSELS REVEALS U TURN ON BIOFUELS
November 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission, once a keen promoter of biofuels, has now reined in its enthusiasm, admitting that biofuels can emit as much carbon as fossil fuels, proposing reforms encouraging the production of secondary biofuels based on waste matter and algae. Changes to the European Union's (EU) renewable energy and the fuel quality directives would discourage the development of biofuels from food crops. This is partly because of concerns about displacing food production into naturally vegetated areas through indirect land use change (ILUC). As a ...
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