The expected decrease in the use of palm oil in diesel cars as a result of the revised European directive on renewable energies (2018/2001) could lead to a doubling or even quadrupling of the use of soybean oil in biofuels in Europe by 2030, according to a study by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) published on 8 November.
The NGO fears that the vacuum left by palm oil in the European biofuel market will be filled by increased European imports of soybeans, leading to deforestation on an...