Sweden stays the course on biofuels despite German, UK retreat

In Sweden, the Minister for the Environment confirmed that Sweden would proceed as planned with ethanol despite a slowdown on biofuels advocated by the UK Prime Minister and the German  Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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