Europe’s fuel directive none of Ottawa’s business: EU

OTTAWA – “It is valid to want to protect jobs in Canada and choose the way you want to grow, but nobody should try to stop another sovereign state from protecting its citizens from catastrophic climate change,” Mr. Arsenis said in an interview. “This lobbying against legislation of another sovereign country – I don’t understand how this can be between allies and friends.”

The EU’s proposed fuel-quality regulations assume a litre of gasoline made from bitumen would produce 22 per cent more emissions than gasoline made from conventional oil. Gasoline made from shale oil or coal-to-liquid technology would be assigned even higher values.

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