Philippine legislative leader calls for biofuels moratorium over food supply concerns

In the Philippines, senior legislator Roilo Golez called on President Arroyo to issue a moratorium on biofuel production, following China’s lead.  Golez said that the diversion of food for fuel production “is bad policy in the face of the food crisis.”

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