EU Should Phase Out Support for Land-Based Biofuels, Lobbies Say
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The European Union should phase out support for land-based biofuels that displace food production and indirectly boost emissions, eight lobbies said in a letter to the bloc’s energy ministers.
The groups, including Transport and Environment, Greenpeace and Oxfam, urged the ministers to improve draft legislation on biofuels at their next meeting on Feb. 22, according to the letter published today. The proposal to limit crop-based biofuel production, put forward by the European Commission last year, failed to address the “problematic link” between food and fuel, the lobbies said.