Martin Uhlíř
Czech journalist Martin Uhlíř has been an editor at Prague weekly Respekt since 2006, specialising in science and new technologies.
Updated: 29 May 2012
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Biofuels: Brussels will have to revise its policy
29 May 20121389 Respekt Prague
To achieve its CO2-emissions goals, the EU encourages biofuel crops to be grown on European farmland that once produced food. The result, though, is that the growing of the food crops is shifting to developing countries – along with the CO2 pollution and biodiversity impacts. Those unintended consequences are forcing the Commission to redraft its laws.