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Biofuel crops: food security must come first
2013-08-29 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Since 2003, the UK and other EU countries have effectively poured billions of euros into biofuels, on the premise that they reduce emissions from transport. But it has been an expensive case of the Emperor's new clothes: we now know that many biofuel crops actually increase overall emissions. At the same time, they damage biodiversity, hurt some of the world's poorest people by pushing up food prices, and cost us an estimated 460m each year. Early in September, the European Parliament will have...
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