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Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

by Mongabay.com 31 October 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction mongabay.com October 31, 2007 The Dutch government will exclude palm oil from "green energy" subsidies as…

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Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

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