Tar sands
Fuelling the climate crisis, undermining EU energy security and damaging development objectives
01 May, 2010
01 May, 2010
Conventional oil production is in decline. Unless appropriate policies are adopted to encourage the use of cleaner, non-fossil fuels, investment in dirtier, “unconventional” forms of oil – heavy crude, tar sands and oil shale - will increase to fill the supply gap.
A new report warns that global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the EU’s environment and development objectives.
Publisher: Friends of the Earth Europe
Document:
Tar sands
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