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New EU sustainability criteria ‘a fig leaf’ for failed biofuel policy, say campaigners
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Sustainability Criteria and Certification of Biomass – greenwashing destruction in pursuit of profit
Joint press release from: Biofuelwatch, Corporate Europe Observatory, Econexus, Grupo Reflexion Rural, NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark) Sustainability Criteria and Certification of Biomass – greenwashing destruction in pursuit of profit 18th March 2008: A meeting...
Renewables Directive: agrofuel target is ‘irresponsible and unsustainable’
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Vote on Thomsen report: 37 organisations call on EU to abandon plans for a 10% biofuel target
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Biofuel expansion threatens Europe’s wildlife as set-asides are to be scrapped
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New report calls for “reality check” on biofuels
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Groups from around the world call for a moratorium on EU incentives for biofuels from large-scale monocultures
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Environmentalists warn that EU biofuel proposals put rainforests, the climate and communities at risk
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Hundreds of NGOs and thousands of individuals call on the EU Leaders Summit to say NO to biofuel targets
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10% biofuel targets a betrayal, say environmentalists and peoples’ organizations
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‘Ecological Macbeth’ warning over new biofuel incentives
Ecological Macbeth' warning over new biofuel incentives Biofuelwatch, January 24th 2007 As George Bush announces an alternative fuels obligation of 35 billion gallons by 2017, campaigners warn of ecological catastrophe as central ecological goals are thrown to the...
EU Energy Strategy risks failing to stabilise the climate at the cost of exporting emissions to the global South
Joint Release with Large Scale Biofuels Action Group.