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Ditching clean fuels law opens door to tar sands imports, warn green groups

2014-01-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: The equivalent emissions of six million cars will be added to Europe's carbon footprint unless it acts to prevent a likely flood of fossil fuel imports from Canadian tar sands if Brussels alters its clean fuel regulations as planned, a leading environmental group has warned. Figures released by the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last week show the impact of Commissioners' plans to allow the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) to expire in 2020, along with the six per cent greenhouse gas...

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