2023-01-12
SUMATRA - An EU directive is set to ban the import of palm oil for use as biodiesel. In the meantime, diesel will continue to be made from oil from plantations that have replaced virgin forest. A good example is provided by ENI and TotalEnergies in Indonesia.
Italy's ENI and France's TotalEnergies (like all European biofuel producers) have long claimed that diesel made from palm oil from deforested land is "environmentally friendly", hiding behind its legal certification. Not for nothing did the European Parliament vote in early October 2022 for an immediate ban on palm oil imports for this purpose. We have obtained information that exposes the methods of these two energy giants, which together operate a huge number of petrol stations in Europe - and particularly in Italy, Europe's third largest producer of biodiesel after Germany and Spain.
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- The farce of environmentally sustainable biodiesel, VoxEurop, 12/01/2023.
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