Brussels, 22/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 21 January, the day before unveiling his “energy and climate” package of measures to combat global warming (EUROPE 9583), European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs leapt to the defence of his strategy to promote biofuels in the EU, a strategy that has received criticism even from within the Commission.
In parallel to proposals for the EU27 to share out the effort required for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% at least by 2020...