Esther Bijlo
Après avoir été chef de la rubrique économie et rédactrice en chef adjointe du quotidien néerlandais Trouw, Esther Bijlo écrit toujours dans les colonnes du journal, comme spécialiste des sujets économiques et environnementaux.
Updated: 7 December 2009
The European Commission has introduced a new biofuels certification scheme to combat deforestation, among other laudable objectives. But biofuel production uses up a great deal of arable land and if food crop farmers have to move elsewhere, more land may end up being cleared.... 
Numerous companies and organizations, including Shell, have proposed capturing CO2 for storage underground; and scientists who were sceptical about the technique are now rallying to the cause. However, in view of the economic interests at stake, it is hard to tell the independent experts from the lobbyists.