Europe May Ban Imports of Some Biofuel Crops
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Proposals to be unveiled next week are aimed at enhancing the environmental credentials of biofuels like biodiesel or ethanol.
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The EU says we need biofuels, some experts say they damage the planet. Who is right?
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The UK is lagging behind other countries on biomass and biofuels, says a parliamentary committee.
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BERLIN, Dec 29  (IPS/IFEJ) - Until a few months ago, the production of  crop-based fuels was the best energy business imaginable in  Germany, thanks to growing demand supported by the government.  That's no longer the case.
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Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday it favoured allowing US biotech giant Monsanto to sell a genetically-modified oilseed rape known as GT73 in the 25-nation European Union.
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Monsanto Co., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG failed to win wider access to the European Union&#39;s biotechnology market when a demand that five nations lift bans on some gene-modified foods allowed elsewhere in the EU was blocked.
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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Biotechnology might be used to boost  the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels, a  U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee said on  Wednesday, noting the sharp rise in demand for the fuels.
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European Union governments should work together in deciding rules for using biotech foods, rather than forge their own policies and risk inviting legal action against the 27-member bloc, the EU trade chief said Thursday.
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The European Commission is likely to authorize the first genetically modified (GMO) seeds for commercial use across EU territory this week, in the face of widespread consumer resistance to biotech crops.
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The world's rush to embrace biofuels is causing a spike in the price of corn and other crops and could worsen water shortages and force poor communities off their land, a U.N. official said Wednesday.
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The European Commission is given a warning that its proposals on cutting carbon emissions could affect industry.
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Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new research suggests that some biofuels are less ecofriendly than they seem.
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British and Irish consumers may have  to eat paler breakfast sausages and burgers after the European  Union banned the use of a red food coloring, Red 2G, in the  European Union due to concern it could cause cancer.
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Business & money: Site to make 420m litres of ethanol a year from 2009  but crops may cause harm to environment.
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt