Representatives of Europe’s biofuels industry have threatened to sue the European Commission if it proceeds with plans to limit crop-based biofuels because of their indirect effect on greenhouse gas emissions.
“If no-one is going to invest in us anymore I think we should sue the European Commission for killing an industry,” Rob Vierhout, the secretary-general of ePure, Europe’s bioethanol association said at a roundtable in EurActiv’s offices.
…Full Text: http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/biofuels-industry-threatens-sue-news-515453
Tags: biodiesel, Europe’s biofuels industry, biethanol, investments, sugar, second generation fuels, algae, wood, ILUC, energy, Indonesian palm oil, plantation
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EurActiv, 2012-10-17.
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