BLOG DEL GRUP BIONEGOCIS / BIOCOMBUSTIBLES: de gener 2008

El Parlamento británico insta a la UE a abandonar el uso de biocombustibles

El Mundo/Efe
22 Enero 2008
El Reino Unido y la Unión Europea en su conjunto deberían renunciar a la promoción indiscriminada de los biocombustibles porque causan más daños que beneficios para el medio ambiente y perjudican a los países más pobres, según un nuevo informe parlamentario británico...
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The EU vs. Friends of the Earth over ‘green’ biofuels

The European Union is preparing to “green up” the market for biofuels by banning some imports that may do more to harm to the environment than help it...
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EU scientists query bloc’s biofuel strategy

17/01/2008
A plan to increase the use of biofuels in Europe, to be outlined next week, may do nothing to help fight climate change and incur costs that outweigh the benefits, says an internal European Union report. The unpublished study by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in-house scientific institute, was prepared ahead of the commission’s meeting next Wednesday when it is set to endorse plans for biofuels to account for 10 per cent of transport fuels in the 27-member EU by 2020...
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EU biofuels policy left in tatters

FOE (18/01/2008)
Leaked internal report highlights failings of biofuels Brussels
A leaked internal European Commission document gives a damning verdict on the EU's proposals to set a mandatory 10 per cent target for the use of biofuels in transport. The report, obtained by Friends of the Earth Europe and BirdLife International, reveals that the EU's biofuels policy is likely to have a net cost of up to 65 billion euros, need huge amounts of land outside of Europe and questions whether it will make any greenhouse gas savings at all...
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