EU politicians on 11 July backed a new limit on crop-based biofuels, to fix the bloc's policy on transport fuels once thought to protect the climate but now suspected of doing more harm than conventional oil. The vote in the European Parliament's environment committee will be followed by a plenary vote later this year and will also require endorsement by member states, who are deeply divided on the issue. Environmental campaigners said Thursday's vote marked progress towards more sustainable biofuels. Biofuel producers and their suppliers are furious at the policy u-turn, and said the proposed limit of 5.5 percent of total transport fuel use was far too low and would lead to plant closures and job losses.
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