Europe, Cutting Biofuel Subsidies, Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options
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In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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European Union leaders resolved on Friday to slash greenhouse gas emissions and switch to renewable fuels, challenging the world to follow its lead in fighting climate change.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to maintain a target  for increasing the use of biofuels despite mounting concerns that  its strategy could worsen global hunger.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (IPS) - French and German proposals to tax airline fuel for  development funding may face tough opposition at a meeting of  European Union ministers later this week.
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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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BRUSSELS -- Europe yesterday embarked on a bold path to fight climate change, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.
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The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions.
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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. But do we really have any alternative?
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The European Commission announces plans to force energy companies to produce greener fuels.
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The EU says we need biofuels, some experts say they damage the planet. Who is right?
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E.U. subsidies have spurred big surpluses and made the continent uncompetitive with "New World" wines. Now reform is afoot
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It is redoubling efforts to promote its product as a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has warned that the drive for environment-friendly bio-fuel risked pushing oil prices &quot;through the roof,&quot; the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
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UN talks on climate change ended Saturday with few steps forward as the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European
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The US is to put more funding into energy research, especially the development of ethanol, to end its reliance on oil, President George W. Bush said in an interview.