EU scientists join calls to halt biofuel drive amid food pressures

SCIENTISTS from the European Environment Agency have called for a halt to plans to increase the share of biofuels used in transport, to which EU leaders have committed themselves.

They are the latest to voice concern that biofuels are responsible for a huge escalation in the price of food, especially in poor countries and are in fact adding to global warming.

The scientists, who provide advice to the EU’s environment agency, said: “The overambitious 10% biofuel target is an experiment, whose unintended effects are difficult to predict and control.”