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France’s high court rules in favour of ending tax benefits for palm oil diesel

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - October 11, 2019

France’s Constitutional Council, the highest constitutional authority in the country, today ruled in favour of excluding palm oil from the list of biofuels that...

Almost two-thirds of palm oil consumed in the EU is burned as energy – new data

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - June 27, 2019

Europeans are increasingly eating less and less palm oil and instead are inadvertently burning more and more in cars and trucks. Last year 65%...

EU labels palm oil in diesel as unsustainable

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - March 13, 2019

The European Commission today decided that palm oil is not a green fuel and should not be promoted because it causes deforestation. The use...

EU targets palm oil, but offers too many exemptions

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - February 12, 2019

The European Commission on February 11 published its proposed criteria for determining what crops caused harm, following a law passed by the European Union...

Indonesia to challenge EU palm oil rules

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - February 1, 2019

The European Union’s directive on renewable energy is being challenged by Indonesia, the world’s top producer of palm oil. The Southeast Asian country is...

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