{"id":26621,"date":"2008-01-15T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:36:09","slug":"1621-eu-recognising-dangers-will-tighten-rules-on-biofuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1621-eu-recognising-dangers-will-tighten-rules-on-biofuels\/","title":{"rendered":"EU, recognising dangers, will tighten rules on biofuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said that the EU had initially underestimated the danger of its binding-targets policy to rainforests<br \/>\nand the risk of forcing up food prices. <\/p>\n<p>EU leaders set a mandatory target last March that at least 10% of transport fuel should come from biofuels by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>EU energy spokesman Ferran Tarradellas Espuny said the European Commission would stick to the 10% biofuels target, but &quot;certainly we will do that in a way that&#8217;s going to cause no damage, or at least less damage, than if we used fossil fuels to achieve the same target&quot;. 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