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The renewable energy source has come under attack from all quarters (Photo: European Community, 2006)

EU biofuels target 'probably a mistake,' France says

The noose is steadily tightening around the neck of EU biofuels targets, with France on Monday (30 June) saying that the EU's 10 percent biofuels target may have to be reconsidered, in the latest attack on the renewable energy drive.

"Probably we will be obliged to call into question or postpone the 10 percent objective," said French ecology minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet speaking to reporters in Paris, according to the Reuters news agency.

She added that developing a target ...

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The renewable energy source has come under attack from all quarters (Photo: European Community, 2006)

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