EU U-TURN ON BIOFUELS ILLUSTRATES PERILS OF LEGISLATING IN HASTE
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS, PACIFICA GODDARD AND KARRYN MILLER
GOVERNMENTS can get things wrong - badly wrong - and alter the planet's human and natural geography in ways that were never intended. And one of those embarrassing events is now unfolding: over the promotion of biofuels. The European Commission, once a keen promoter of biofuels, has now reined in its enthusiasm - admitting that biofuels can in some instances be as bad as fossil fuels. On October 17, it announced a policy U-turn that will stop many European Union (EU) governments pumping subsidies ...
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