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Biofuels, such as palm oil in indonesia, have been the focus of a battle royale in Brussels over the past year (Photo: Friends of the Earth)

European Parliament capitulates on biofuel deal

The policy tennis match between biofuels supporters and opponents in the European Union has all but drawn to a close, with the backers of the controversial fuel source securing almost complete victory.

Representatives of EU members states, the European Parliament and the European Commission this week came to a back-room agreement that supports the sourcing of 10 percent of the EU's road transport fuel from renewable forms of energy by 2020 - the same target figure originally proposed by...

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Biofuels, such as palm oil in indonesia, have been the focus of a battle royale in Brussels over the past year (Photo: Friends of the Earth)

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