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UK to slow expansion of biofuels

Source: BBC News

The UK is to slow its adoption of biofuels, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has told the House of Commons.

She said that while biofuels had the potential to cut carbon emissions there were "increasing questions" about them.

The uncontrolled expansion of biofuels might actually contribute to higher food prices and see the destruction of rainforests, she said.
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Her statement came on the day the World Bank president, Robert Zoellick, called for reform of biofuel policies in rich countries, urging them to grow more food instead.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7493482.stm

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