Dear Supporters,
 
 
Your signatures would be a real help here!
 
On 17th December, the European Parliament is due to vote on two pieces of
legislation, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality
Directive, each of which will, in the absence of major amendments which
are not now expected, lead to large-scale agrofuel expansion through
long-term (2020) targets. Those laws are likely to trigger more land
conversion, particularly in the global South, to grow fuel for Europe’s
cars, at the expense of forests and people, climate, food and
biodiversity.
 
According to the UN Environment Programme at current rates of
deforestation, virtually all lowland tropical forest in Borneo and
Sumatra, (their two research sites) will have been lost by 2012. Without
intact tropical ecosystems, there is little hope of stabilizing climate
even with drastic emission cuts.
 
Please help us by signing the two letters using the weblinks. This is not
duplication, each letter targets MEPs in a different way.
 
1. Letter directly to your MEP, calling on them to vote against any
proposals which include agrofuel targets and incentives and to demand
support for genuinely sustainable renewable energy, energy efficiency and
real drastic cuts in energy use instead.
 
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/red_mep_2008_dec.php
 
 
2. A letter which will be sent to MEPs separately through Rettet den
Regenwald
 
http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/protestaktion.php?id=338
 
Finally the weblink to the first letter offers the opportunity to get
others involved by sending the link on to your friends. Please help us by
taking advantage of this.
 
 
Thank you! Your support is much appreciated.
The Biofuelwatch Team