An advocacy group dressed as food products has petitioned the Minister of Energy and Resouces to stop a biofuels bill from going ahead, calling it a “greenwash”.
Don’t Burn Our Future’s Jake Roos, dressed as a giant Shrewsbury biscuit, said biofuels presented a greater risk to the environment than conventional fuels as the demand on land and crops required for its manufacture was “unsustainable”.
The Sustainable Biofuels Obligation Bill would require fuel suppliers to blend biofuel into all petrol and diesel sold in New Zealand and has had its first reading in Parliament. Submissions on the proposal are open until next month.
The Herald earlier reported the new law was intended to reduce emissions from cars, trucks, trains and ships.