EU ROUND UP – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR GREEN BIOFUEL PRODUCTION STANDARDS
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee wants European Union (EU) rules to insist that biofuel production is environmentally sustainable, even an increase in this growing fuel sector reduces CO2 emissions. The call was made in amendments tabled to European Commission proposed reforms to the EU fuel quality directive to reduce CO2 production. This would insist that fuels are formulated so less CO2 is generated, and the committee wants emissions reduced by at least 2 % every two years from 2012 to 2020, and rather than by 1 % per year from ...
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