EU pressures oil companies to fight climate change
By | Published: January 31, 2007
Reuters: The European Commission has proposed forcing oil companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from drilling, refining, transporting and burning fuel in new rules aimed at fighting global warming. The plan, which seeks to cut emissions from oil’s "life cycle" from the ground to a car’s exhaust by 10 percent from 2011-2020, drew criticism from a European refining industry body, which said some of the targets were unachievable. Confirming a Reuters report, the European …
EU pressures oil companies to fight climate change
Reuters: The European Commission has proposed forcing oil companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from drilling, refining, transporting and burning fuel in new rules aimed at fighting global warming. The plan, which seeks to cut emissions from oil’s "life cycle" from the ground to a car’s exhaust by 10 percent from 2011-2020, drew criticism from a European refining industry body, which said some of the targets were unachievable. Confirming a Reuters report, the European …
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