Last chance to stop EU agrofuel disaster
Diet Simon - 14.12.2008 00:07
Appeal to sign petition
On 17th December, the European Parliament is due to vote on two pieces of legislation, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive, each of which will lead to large-scale agrofuel expansion through long-term (2020) targets.
Those laws are likely to trigger more land conversion, particularly in the global South, to grow fuel for Europe's cars, at the expense of forests and people, climate, food and biodiversity.
The Rainforeest Rescue organisation asks you to please sign a letter that calls on MEPs to vote against such proposals and to demand support for genuinely sustainable renewable energy, energy efficiency and real drastic cuts in energy use instead.
Go to  http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/index.php
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