Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Protest Against Biofuels

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BUENOS AIRES, May 19 2008 (IPS) - Tens of thousands of Argentines have called upon President Cristina Fernández to defend sustainability among the criteria for the production of biofuels. “We asked the president to make a public declaration against the production of soybeans for biofuels because of the pressure it creates for deforestation and for food production,” Greenpeace-Argentina activist Victoria Díaz told Tierramérica.

Greenpeace-Argentina claims to have collected tens of thousands of signatures for a letter addressed to the national leader.

“The fuel tanks of cars in Europe cannot be filled at the cost of forests and hunger in Latin America,” says the environmental watchdog group in reference to the trend in the European Union towards plant-based fuels to replace fossil fuels.