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Biofuels targets face cross-party criticism in Brussels

International opposition to biofuels has seen MEPs from both the Greens and the centre-right European Peoples' Party call for the softening or even scrapping of proposals to increase the use of the controversial energy source in European transport.

Luxembourg Green MEP Claude Turmes - responsible for shepherding the European Commission's proposed directive on renewable energy through the European Parliament - has advised the industry, research and energy committee to ditch the commissi...

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