BusinessGreen: Biofuel producers have been "left in limbo" by EU policymakers' failure to agree on how to measure the industry's environmental impact at a meeting in Brussels yesterday. Officials were attempting to thrash out a method of accounting for indirect land use change (ILUC), which occurs when areas are cleared to grow crops for energy. Green groups claim this has the potential to raise emissions and push up food prices, negating the emissions savings that should result from switching from fossil fuels...
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