FRANCE PLOTS PALM OIL BIOFUEL BAN
August 1st, 2017THE NEW centrist government in France has said it will may block the domestic sale of biofuels which have used palm oil as a feedstock, to reduce deforestation in producing countries. French environment minister Nicolas Hulot, previously an environmental activist, said: “We will close a window that offered the possibility for using palm oil in biofuels.”
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