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EU proposal scraps mandatory 'dirty' label for tar sands
2014-06-05 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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