After facing off for nearly five years, agrofuel producers and environmental NGOs backed by the so-called 'second generation' biofuels industry agreed on at least one point: the European Parliament, with its 28 April adoption of the new directive on biofuels, brings to a close years of uncertainty harmful to business in all sectors.
The new directive, approved by 531 in favour, 132 against and 27 abstentions, has a twofold aim: to limit the share of biofuels produced from agricultural products,…