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Industry Pressure Causes E.U. To Stop Calling Tar Sands Dirty

2014-10-08 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateProgress: After years of intense lobbying from Canadian fossil fuel interests and government officials, the European Union has abandoned plans to label Canadian tar sands, or oil sands, as dirtier than other forms of crude oil. A European Commission proposal released on Tuesday would make it so that no transportation fuel used in the E.U. would be penalized for the carbon intensity of its production. This redefinition would make it easier for oil suppliers to export energy intensive tar sands to the 28-country...

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