MEPs criticised over vote to set cap on food-based biofuels at upper level

The biofuel industry won an important vote in the European Parliament when a cap on fuel from food crops was set at the upper limit.

A comprehensive system of measuring the climate impact of such crops was only partially accepted.

MEPs voted by a slim majority to limit the proportion of biofuels for transport that come from food crops to 6% — higher than the 5% proposed by the European Commission and the 4.5% currently used.