IT is still a counterintuitive idea to many, particularly here in the climactically challenged Philippines, but there is a growing body of informed opinion that pressing for the increased use of biofuels is the wrong response to combating climate change.

On April 28, the European Parliament approved changes to existing environmental laws in the EU that would impose upper limits on the use of biofuels – primarily ethanol to be blended with gasoline, and biodiesel for use in diesel and jet fuel – reversing a decade of increasing their mandated use.

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