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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11262
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) biofuels

MEPs want to encourage more sustainable biofuels

Brussels, 25/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - A step was taken in Brussels on Tuesday 24 February in directing the EU towards a policy of more sustainable biofuels that will help both developing countries and the climate.

A large majority (39 to 26, with 4 abstentions) voted in the European Parliament's environment committee to back the draft directive that seeks, by 2020, to cap the use of agri-fuels in transport, to accelerate the shift to production of advanced biofuels which do not compete...

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