Letter

Letter to Commissioner Hedegaard on tar sands

February 23, 2011

Addressing the climate intensity of tar sands and shale oil under the Fuel Quality Directive

NGOs write to Commissioner Hedegaard regarding new scientific evidence which will affect the treatment of tar sands and shale oil under the implementing measures for the Fuel Quality Directive.

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