Total starts production at French biofuel refinery
Total on Wednesday said it had begun producing biofuel at a refinery in southern France, a project that has sparked an outcry from environmentalists and farmers over its plans to import palm oil. The site at La Mede near Marseille is a former oil refinery which has been converted and is now one of the largest biorefineries in Europe. Situated on the shore of the Berre reservoir, the fac