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Last week, documents outlining plans to deny human-caused climate change leaked from the free-market conservative organization The Heartland Institute. This week, a prominent climate scientist admitted he had obtained those documents under false pretenses.
Industry is welcoming a move by the European Union to delay a decision that would have labelled fuel derived from the oilsands as worse for climate change than conventional crude.
SHIFTING SANDS: A European Union committee failed to reach a decision on labeling oil sands crude as contributing more to climate change than other crude. The proposal is vigorously opposed by Canada, which has lots of oil sands.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Years of lobbying over a draft EU rule that would label fuel from tar sands as dirtier than that from other oil sources reached an impasse on Thursday, prompting both opponent Canada and environmentalists to declare victory. A committee of technical experts was unable to deliver a decisive vote either way on the European executive's proposal to tag oil sands as carbon intensive as part of its efforts to curb global warming. ...
A European Union committee failed Thursday to reach a definite decision on labeling oil derived from oil sands as worse for climate change than crude oil — a proposal vigorously opposed by officials in Canada, where such oil is produced.