EU biofuel policy under threat

EVEN tougher measures to ensure that biofuel crops do not replace forests, and push up food prices, are expected this year in the EU.

After a European Commission report issued just before Christmas called into doubt the carbon emission savings from biofuels, it was announced that six months of additional studies will be undertaken, before adjustments to the EU biofuels strategy.

But some experts warn that the commission’s findings so far make continuation of the EU’s renewable energy in transport targets extremely problematic.