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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10908
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) climate

Birdlife warns about biomass sustainability criteria

Brussels, 27/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - Birdlife Europe has accused the European Commission of totally overlooking the need to guarantee that the use of biomass as a source of energy will bring a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Birdlife made the accusation after getting hold of an internal Commission document (from DG Energy) on biomass sustainability criteria.

Birdlife Europe believes that this oversight is of concern because the EU's current policy on bioenergy, based on the 2008...