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Canada launches new attack against EU's proposed dirty oil rules
2013-11-13 14:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada on Wednesday renewed its attack on the European Union's plan to classify Canadian tar sands oil as particularly dirty and released a study questioning the data behind the controversial measure. Canada has the world's third-largest proven reserves of crude, much of which is locked in the tar sands of Alberta. Extracting the oil requires more energy than conventional production, a fact regularly highlighted by environmental campaigners. The EU is working on a Fuel Quality Directive (FQD)...
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