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Indonesian palm crop awaiting transportation (Photo: friends of the earth)

Palm oil plantations are now 'forests,' says EU

The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive.

Rules governing the use of biofuels were supposed to be designed to sort out the sustainable versions of the technology from their dirtier cousins following a massive backlash against it in 2008. At the time, an avalanche of reports revealed that many forms of the fuel source both increase greenhouse gas emissions and put pressure on...

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Indonesian palm crop awaiting transportation (Photo: friends of the earth)

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