Brussels, 18 January 2008 – 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 …
Fuelling destruction in Latin America: The real price of the drive for agrofuels
‘Fuelling Destruction in Latin America’ looks at current and proposed developments in a number of Southern and Central American countries, all of which are scaling up agrofuel production at alarming rates to meet domestic and, increasingly, export demand to supply diesel and gasoline to Europe and the US. The report states that increasing the amount …
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NEW REPORT: Biofuel ‘wonder-crop’ jatropha fails to deliver
Brussels/Abuja, January 21, 2011 – The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha isneither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released by Friends of the Earth Europe today. ‘Jatropha: money doesn’t grow on trees’ warns investors away from jatropha – a shrub being increasingly planted for its oil-producing fruits and ability to survive …
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EU Commissioners sound warning over agrofuels
Brussels, 14 January, 2008 – Friends of the Earth Europe has called on the European Commission to introduce a moratorium on plans to expand agrofuel use as two Commissioners go public with their concerns over the impact production will have on both people and the environment. Environment Commissioner Dimas interviewed today by the BBC said …
Malaysian palm oil: Green gold or green wash?
This report examines the case of the vast Malaysian State of Sarawak, which is developing large-scale plantations at breath-taking speed having overexploited its timber resources and depleted its forests. Sarawak plans to more than double its 2007 levels of oil palm acreage by 2010, taking it to a total of 1.3 million hectares.
European Commission plans to sacrifice forests for biofuels
Brussels, February 3 – A leaked document from the European Commission reveals plans to allow the controversial use of palm oil as a biofuel by redefining palm plantations as ‘forests’. The expansion of palm plantations is a major cause of tropical rainforest destruction. The draft Commission guidance for EU countries also states that cutting down …
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