New study relaunches controversy about biofuels and food prices

A new study commissioned by environmental NGOs found that the production of first generation biofuels has driven up food prices in Europe, running counter to the European Commission’s own data which found the impact of ethanol “negligible”.

The findings of this new report regarding ethanol are in contrast with the data recently published by the European Commission. [Lana/Flickr]

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