European Parliament Blocks Move to Strip Soybeans of Renewable Status
The vote keeps soy biofuels eligible for EU renewable targets, despite warnings from environmental groups that soy drives deforestation and land clearance.
- The European Parliament voted to reject a regulation that would have phased out soy-based biofuels from renewable energy targets by 2030, blocking the European Commission's plan to label soy as a high-risk feedstock.
- Arguing that EU-grown soy does not drive deforestation, lawmakers objected to the European Commission's methodology while noting the policy clashes with objectives to boost the bloc's protein resilience.
- The Union welcomed the vote, calling the commission's proposal "absurd," while Cian Delaney, biofuels campaigner, criticized the decision as resulting from "relentless, targeted lobbying" by industry groups.
- Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned the EU could face over $5.6 billion annually in retaliation penalties from Indonesia and Malaysia, as the vote failed to meet legal obligations regarding deforestation-risk biofuels.
- This decision leaves the European Union open to potential litigation from palm oil producers, as campaigners call on national governments to prioritize science and preemptively phase out soy from their own renewable energy targets.
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EU Parliament Biofuels Blunder Could Expose EU To Over $5.6 Billion A Year In Sanctions - CleanTechnica
MEPs have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels no longer count as a renewable fuel by 2030. Members of the European Parliament have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels no longer count as a renewable fuel by 2030. ... [continued] The post EU Parliament Biofuels Blunder Could Expose EU To Over $5.6 Billion A Year In Sanctions appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The European Parliament rejected the changes promoted by the European Commission which classified soy as a high environmental risk crop; in industry they welcomed the decision and stated that Argentina could continue to export biodiesel to the bloc.
The EU Parliament has rejected the EU Commission's plan to classify soya as a high risk factor for deforestation.
The Santa Fe government welcomed the decision of the European Parliament to reject the regulations classifying Argentine soy as a crop of “high risk ILUC” (Indirect Change of Soil Use), a measure that threatened to exclude the national biodiesel from the renewable energy objectives of the European Union. After the resolution was known, Governor Maximiliano Pullaro expressed in his social networks that the result “is the result of a great joint w…
The Santa Fe government welcomed the decision of the European Parliament to reject the regulations classifying Argentine soy as a crop of “high risk ILUC” (Indirect Change of Soil Use), a measure that threatened to exclude the national biodiesel from the renewable energy objectives of the European Union. After the resolution was known, Governor Maximiliano Pullaro expressed in his social networks that the result “is the result of a great joint w…
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