EU ROUND UP – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR GREEN BIOFUEL PRODUCTION STANDARDS
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee wants European Union (EU) rules to insist that biofuel production is environmentally sustainable. The call was made in amendments tabled to proposed reforms from the European Commission to the EU's fuel quality directive, which insists on certain standards for petrol and diesel. These reforms are designed to make sure that fuels are formulated so less CO2 is generated during combustion, and the committee proposed amendments so that emissions are reduced by at least 2 % every two ...
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