MEPS WRESTLE OVER WHETHER TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN BIODIESEL AND BIOETHANOL IN EU BIOFUEL RULES
May 1st, 2013
EUROPEAN biofuel industry knew it was in for a rough ride when the European Commission announced last October that it would stop subsiding food-based biofuels from 2020 and support the production of secondary biofuels based on waste matter and algae. But maybe it was not prepared for how the European Parliament would try to amend the proposals by introducing regulatory distinctions between types of biofuels that discriminate against biodiesel.The proposals have been coordinated by the French liberal democrat MEP Corinne Lepage. In a draft set of amendments being ...
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