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EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

14 June 2018

The European Union will make only minor tweaks to “renewable” energy policies that are actually increasing greenhouse gas emissions and driving deforestation
Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

6 June 2018

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat

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