European officials proposed scaling back drastically on their goal of increasing Europe’s use of biofuels, a major about-face on a central environmental and energy issue.
Biofuel conversion tanks being inspected in Norwich, England. The fuel type has been blamed for increasing food prices.
At the same time, a new report by the British government cast fresh doubt on fuels made from crops as a way to the fight climate change.
Until recently, European governments had sought to lead the rest of the world in the use of biofuels, aiming to derive 10 percent of Europe’s transportation fuels from biofuels by 2020. But the allure has dimmed amid growing evidence that the kind of goals proposed by the European Union are contributing to deforestation, which speeds climate change, and helping force up food prices.
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