{"id":27525,"date":"2008-10-30T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:54","slug":"2525-eu-biofuel-change-angers-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2525-eu-biofuel-change-angers-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"EU biofuel change angers greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A European Council document, seen by Reuters, shows that member states are considering reclassifying European biofuels to give new values for the greenhouse-gas savings they can achieve. For example, sugar beet ethanol would be described as having a greenhouse-gas saving of 52%, up from 35% in the European Commission&#8217;s initial calculations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament recently proposed clamping down on the use of biofuels due to concerns about their negative effects on world food prices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalists say that biofuels made from grains and oilseeds have inflated food prices and have forced subsistence farmers into expanding agricultural land into rainforests and draining wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSTRE49S4UV20081029?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=environmentNews&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposed change in the way the European Union calculates biofuels&#8217; impacts on the environment has annoyed environmentalists who are 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