Canada tar sands set to benefit from EU 2030 climate plan
Last updated on 24 January 2014, 10:11 am
By John McGarrity
Oil from Canada’s carbon-intensive tar sands – one of the world’s single biggest sources of greenhouse gas pollution – could be used in the petrol tanks of European motorists from 2020 after the European Commission proposed to scrap curbs on imports of highly emissions-intensive fuels.