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EU TO SET ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA FOR BIOFUELS

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the EU will be setting sustainability criteria for biofuels, including environmental and social criteria, despite the EU target to cover at least 10% of transport fuel from biofuels by 2020. According to Dimas, the EU had initially underestimated the danger to rainforests and the risk of forcing up food prices. The announcement came following a letter from a group of NGOs called on Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs to introduce tougher standards for biofuel production or give up mandatory transport biofuels targets altogether.

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EurActiv.com News, 11 January 2008
Reuters News Service, 15 January 2008