MPs: Ban crop-based biofuels from UK green transport targets

Will Nichols
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International Development Committee blames biofuels for pushing up food prices and causing volatility

MPs have called on the government to exclude crop-based biofuels from its green transport targets, arguing the fuels are driving up food prices and having "a major detrimental impact" on food security....

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