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MEPs vote to limit biofuels but fall short of ending food for fuel

The European Parliament’s environment committee voted today on legislation to limit the quantities of ‘food based’ biofuels in renewable energy transport targets for Europe. MEPs voted with a 60% majority to: Introduce a limit on biofuels that compete with food for land and water – but at 5.5% of transport energy, representing an increase from …

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CAP reform: failure for environment and small farmers

The EU’s new agriculture policy is a disaster for the environment, small farmers and developing countries, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. The criticism comes at the end of lengthy negotiations over the rules and support for European farmers until 2020. European politicians side-lined the ‘greening’ of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), according to …

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