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Ryanair joins the club of Europe’s top 10 carbon polluters

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - April 1, 2019

Ryanair is now one of the top 10 carbon emitters within Europe, a league which had until now been exclusively occupied by coal plants....

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...

Palm oil and soy oil for biofuels linked to high rates of deforestation – study

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 24, 2019

A significant share of palm oil and soybean expansion happens on rainforests, forests, peatland and savannahs (land with high carbon stocks), according to a...

Indonesian civil society pleads with the EU to phase out palm oil-based biofuels

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - January 17, 2019

Crunch time approaches for a proposed policy change regarding palm oil and biofuels in Europe. Today, an unprecedented array of Indonesian indigenous and civil...

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