In blow to Total, France upholds law banning palm oil from biofuel scheme
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's constitutional court on Friday upheld a law excluding palm oil from the country's biofuel scheme, rejecting an appeal by energy company Total which says the measure puts at risk its production site in southern France.The legislation will remove palm oil from a list of permitted biofuels from January 2020 and eliminate related tax advantages. Total invested 300 million euros to convert its La Mede site from a crude oil refinery into a biofuel plant, starting output in..