Blogposts tagged 'Rfto'

Senior EU and Defra figures agree: we were too hasty on biofuel targets

Posted by jamie - 14 January 2008 at 6:11pm - 14 Comments

Biofuels may cause rather than prevent more greenhouse gas emissions

We could be witnessing a seismic and very exciting shift in how UK and EU policies on biofuels are being perceived in official circles. Both the EU Environment Commissioner and Defra's own chief scientist today went on record to say that current plans to vastly increase the amount of fuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel might need to be reconsidered.

Article tagged as: biofuels, climate change, deforestation, EU, forests, rfto

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Greenpeace response to the consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

Publication date: 17 May, 2007

Greenpeace's input into the consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, which the government intends to use to force fuel companies to increase the amount of biofuels they supply.

But without proper safeguards and protection for forested areas, the production of these biofuels could cause an increase in carbon dioxide emissions instead of reducing them.

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