Uncontrolled Biogas Expansion Funded by Public Purse - RECYCLING Magazine
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The objective of multiplying biogas production by more than three times by 2030 in the EU lacks a rigorous environmental impact assessment and could have counterproductive effects on climate and the environment, according to a report published on Tuesday by several environmental organisations through the El Methane Matters coalition. "Biogas is a fossil Trojan horse, sold as a green solution but which in fact obliges the EU to continue to rely o…
Uncontrolled biogas expansion funded by public purse - RECYCLING magazine
The consortium warns that without an environmental impact assessment, the EU’s unchecked rush to scale up biogas and biomethane production risks locking in pollution, fuelling industrial livestock farming, and undermining climate goals. The findings come as ‘Biomethane Week’ (1) gets underway in Brussels and reveals a lack of oversight that opens the door wide to perverse incentives and harmful side effects, including methane leaks from biogas p…
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