EU Commission Fast-tracks Proposal to Drop Canadian Tar Sands as "Highly Polluting"

Toxic Exports Allowed:  EU Drops Labeling of Canadian Tar Sands as Highly Polluting
(RT.com; October 8, 2014)
http://rt.com/news/194048-eu-sand-oil-imports/

EU Scraps Plan to Label Canada's Tar Sands as Highly Polluting 
(Barbara LEWIS and Scott HAGGETT, Reuters/Huffington Post; October 7, 2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/eu-tar-sands-label_n_5944180.html?utm_hp_ref=green

European Proposal Scraps Mandatory "Dirty" Label for Tar Sands 
(Barbara LEWIS, Reuters; June 5, 2015)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/eu-tarsands-idUKL6N0OC18M20140605
Proposal for a Council Directive on Laying Down Calculation Methods and Reporting Requirements to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Relating to the Quality of Petrol and Diesel Fuels
[Brussels, 6.10.2014, COM( 2014) 617 final, 2014/0286 (NLE)]
http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/fuel/docs/com_2014_617_en.pdf

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