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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10913

4 September 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy
Biodiesel sector fights back on ILUC estimates on biofuels

Brussels, 03/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - A new American study, concluding on a much less harmful carbon footprint than that estimated by current European biofuels policy, could open new doors in the debate.

After a difficult debate between the European Council and the European Parliament on the draft directive tabled by the European Commission in October 2012 to limit the use of first generation biofuels from agri-food crops (the impact of which is considered damaging on the climate) and to...

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