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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9641

12 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
European Environment Agency scientific committee calls for 10% biofuels target to be suspended

Brussels, 11/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - In an opinion, published on Thursday 10 April, on the environmental impact of the use of biofuels in the EU, the European Environment Agency (EEA) scientific committee called for the target of 10% biofuels in total fuel used in the transport sector in every EU member state to be suspended. “The overambitious 10% biofuel target is an experiment, whose intended effects are difficult to predict and difficult to control. The scientific committee therefore...

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