Germany's development minister is demanding an end to sales of
biofuel, which critics say contributes to famine. Relief organizations
and scientists welcomed the move as drought grips the US, Russia and
other countries.
Environmental groups and relief organizations in Germany are not known
to heap praise on Development Minister Dirk Niebel. But he has won their
support with his call to end sales of the E10 biofuel.
"I am totally convinced that restrictive fuel additive regulations in
Germany as well as the United States will lead to exorbitant price
increases in the event of crop failures," Niebel said earlier this week
in Berlin.
