EU at stalemate on Canada’s oilsands ranking
Posted On April 28, 2014
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0 European Union officials are at a stalemate after voting on whether to classify Canada’s oilsands crude as more harmful to the environment than other fuels — a proposal that Canada would fight.
The ballot by experts from the EU’s 27 member countries, which are weighted by population, failed to produce the required 255 votes needed to approve the classification.
As a result, the proposal will move up to the European Council, which will vote on it in late spring or early summer. Read more…
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