Food price link leads to retreat on biofuel targets

The United Kingdom government signalled a retreat on its biofuels targets on the 7 July 2008 after the publication of a report showing the fuels contributed to rises in food prices. A review by Ed Gallagher, former chief of the Environment Agency, which could have EU and international ramifications, recommended that the government put the brakes on its biofuels policy.

BBC News, 7.7.08: Slowing the biofuel bonanza http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7494306.stm

United Kingdom: Renewable Fuels Agency: Reports and publications: Review of the indirect effects of biofuels, July 2008 http://www.dft.gov.uk/rfa/reportsandpublications/reviewoftheindirecteffectsofbiofuels.cfm

ESO: Background information: Europe Defends Biofuels as Debate Rages http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-defends-biofuels-as-debate-rages/

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 8.7.08: Biofuel is not the only renewable http://www.rnw.nl/english

Spiegel Online International, 8.7.08: Is the EU Turning its Back on Biofuels? http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,564409,00.html

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