Agrofuels Are Potentially Catastrophic For The Environment

Agrofuels Are Potentially Catastrophic For The Environment

Jun 25, 2013

Public Service Europe claims that industrial agrofuels had once been viewed as a sustainable solution to our energy problems. In reality, industrial agrofuels need one very precious resourse—land. “This battle for land pitches agrofuel corporations and big commodity producers against small-scale farmers, subsistence communities and the environment.” To read more, click HERE.

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