EU SUSTAINABILITY RULES FOR BIOFUELS LOCK IN
December 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT maybe an impossible task: but the European Union (EU) is trying to assess the environmental impact of biofuels sufficiently accurately to draft regulations that promote green biofuels, rather than generate too many greenhouse gas emissions. The European Commission last month (December) announced that rules on laying down sustainability standards for the direct impact on greenhouse gas emissions from biofuel production were now in force. This considers matters such as how much energy is used to make a biofuel, where its feedstock is grown and ...
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