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Gallagher report calls the impacts of biofuels 'real and significant'
Gallagher report calls the impacts of biofuels 'real and significant'
Last Modified: 07 Jul 2008
By:
Tom Clarke
A damning government-commissioned study today says the "negative impacts from biofuels are real and significant".
Clearly laying some blame for the global food crisis at the door of the biofuels industry, the report links the industry to increased food prices and higher greenhouse gas emissions.
Written by Professor Ed Gallagher of the Renewable Fuels Agency, the report calls for the slowing of the introduction of biofuels.
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