The
European Commission needs to take measures to promote the responsible
cultivation of palm oil and phase out its use for biofuels, Czech MEP
Kateřina Konečná said. The environment committee votes on her report on 9 March.
Palm oil is extensively used in food, cosmetics and biofuels, however
the unsustainable production of the cheap vegetable oil leads to
deforestation, loss of nature habitats and greenhouse gas emissions, the
European Parliament said in a press release.
The production of palm oil leads to deforestation as jungle is removed to be replaced by palm plantations.
In her report Konečná said the European Parliament should be very
ambitious. "There should not be any palm oil in biofuels,” she said.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/canete-pushes-clean-energy-package-berlin/