“While many worry about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs. And it’s getting more and more difficult every day.” Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, 2008
The Department for Transport's consultation on the future of biofuel policy has arrived. If they don't scrap their biofuel target, we will be tied into yet another unsustainable fuel source that will wreak havoc in the developing world.
We need to let them know NOW that the UK public wants them to stop supporting biofuels. To do this, we need your help to spread the word:
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Hunger kills 1 child every 10 secs. Growing biofuels has reduced the amount available to eat, pushing up food prices.
In just five African countries, 1.1 million hectares have already been given over to biofuels - an area the size of Belgium.
Current industrial biofuels policies could push hundreds of millions of extra people into hunger by 2020
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