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Source: Reuters

UK parliamentary committee calls for biofuel moratorium
Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:24pm EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Most biofuels harm rather than
help the environment and the British government
should call a moratorium on increasing their use, a
parliamentary committee said on Monday.

"Biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
road transport -- but at present most biofuels have
a detrimental impact on the environment overall,"
Tim Yeo, chairman of the House of Commons
Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said.

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Britain has ordered transport fuel suppliers to supply
five percent of their UK road fuel from renewable
fuels by 2010.

The Royal Society, the national academy of science,
issued a report last week saying the government
directive would do little to combat climate change
because it lacked targets to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.

"There are many different types of biofuels and it's
key that the ones we use provide the best greenhouse
gas savings and are produced in ways that are good
for people and the environment," Dianna Bowles of
the Royal Society's biofuels working group said in
response to the EAC report.

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