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Biofuels cause pollution, not as green as thought - study

2013-01-07 03:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday. The report said trees grown to produce wood fuel - seen as a cleaner alternative to oil and coal - released a chemical into the air that, when mixed with other pollutants, could also reduce farmers' crop yields. "Growing biofuels is thought to be a good thing because it reduces...

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