Commission backs biofuels target despite mounting opposition

摘要

The European Commission will stick with proposals to expand the use of biofuels, despite claims that the switch to green fuels is contributing to escalating world food prices, social unrest and that it is a "crime against humanity". "There is no question for now of suspending the target fixed for biofuels," Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, said on 14 April.