UK Undermining Europe's Tar Sands Ban: Campaigners
Submitted on June 1, 2011
By Terry Macalister - Monday, May 30, 2011
Britain is being accused of undermining a European-wide drive to ban forecourt sales of petrol and diesel derived from the carbon-heavy tar sands of Canada..."It is extremely disappointing that the UK has caved in to pressure from Canada, which sees Europe as setting a dangerous precedent for the rest of the world to follow, potentially closing one market after another...If it really does want to be the greenest government ever, it must lead by example and not be swayed by aggressive Canadian lobbying..."
