EU Working on Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels

Brdo pri Kranju, 12 April - Seeking to strike a balance between reducing Co2 emissions with the use of biofuels and precluding adverse impacts such as deforestation, the EU is hard at work on sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels, Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik said on Saturday.

Brdo pri Kranju
Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (left) and Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik addressing the press after an informal EU ministerial.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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