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The Bursting of Europes Biofuels Bubble
2015-05-09 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Last week, the European Union reached a momentous decision to finally agree a reform to its disastrous biofuels legislation, signalling Europe's U-turn on the burning of crops for biofuels. In so doing, the European body has recognised what NGOs and scientists have long been warning - that using food and agricultural crops for transport fuel causes major side effects, including food price hikes and volatility, hunger, forest destruction, expanded land consumption, and climate change."Using food...
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