Reuters: European Union policymakers propose to scrap a mandatory requirement to label oil from tar sands as more polluting than other forms of crude following years of lobbying from top producer Canada, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
The change removes one obstacle to Canada shipping crude from tar sands to Europe, but will be criticised by environmental campaigners.
The clay-like sands have to be dug up in open-pit mines with massive shovels, or blasted with steam and pumped to the...