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Include indirect emissions in EU biofuels policy, says MEP
2013-04-18 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Proposed amendments to the EU's biofuels policy could see distinctions made between fuels on the basis of their climate impact. The move was advocated in a European Parliament report into the EU's current proposals to tackle the problem of indirect emissions arising from land-use change, published by French MEP Corinne Lepage yesterday. Some studies of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) factors suggest that growing crops for energy displaces agricultural production, forcing farmers to clear forests,...
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