Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work to ban landmines, and Chair of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, spoke today at a press conference in Brussels about the impact of the expansion of tar sands on local communities. She also emphasised the need for EU leadership on curbing the high-energy unconventional fuels that accelerate climate change. Jody Williams met with over 200 women from 13 communities during a recent fact-finding mission to the Alberta tar sands.
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Jos Dings, Director of Transport & Environment, said: “The science clearly shows that petrol and diesel from tar sands pollute more than fuels from conventional oil. No amount of Canadian lobbying can change that. Unfortunately, this lobbying has achieved a protracted delay in the implementation of the fuel quality law. Mr Barroso and his colleagues in the Commission must stand firm and finally deliver on their promise to fully implement this key climate policy that has been delayed for over two years.”
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