Philippine Biofuels Act’s author reverses, says Bill over-hyped, says all other renewable energy sources should be prioritized over biofuels to ensure food supply

In the Philippines, the author of the country’s Biofuels Act said that the Bill has been overhyped and she is calling on the country to slow down implementation to ensure that biofuel production is sutainable. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said that biofuel production will compete with food production and that the government had to apply the brakes to development by strengthening the Biofuels Oversight Committee and prioritizing wind, solar and other renewable energies ahead of biofuels.

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