In recent news, Transport & Environment (T&E) reported that palm oil is being used more as biodiesel than as food products within the EU. The European-based campaign group explained that the EU is experiencing a rise in vegetable oil use for energy production in the past 10 years, with 2019 being the “all-time high of 4.5 million tonnes in 2019 and that “[i]n contrast, the use of palm oil to make food dropped to an all-time low of 2.8 Mt”. It also provides an interesting map graphic (immediately below) showing palm biodiesel producers across Europe.
Following this, T&E and several other organisations have begun a #NotInMyTank movement on Twitter in attempt to urge European governments to stop its support for food-based biofuels, which includes those from palm and soy origins.