Reuters: Canada warned on Sunday it will "defend its interests" if the European Union (EU) goes through with a proposal to rank Canadian oil sands as a highly polluting fuel.
In a letter to EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver also said the European Commission's Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) potentially violates the EU's international trade obligations.
"Canada objects to policy measures that ignore evidence-based approaches to meet the stated goal......
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Canada warns EU on oil sands ranking plan
Posted by Reuters: Jeffrey Hodgson on October 23rd, 2011
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