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Dirty deals: How trade talks threaten to undermine EU climate policies and bring tar sands to Europe

15/07/2014

Climate justice & energy Corporate power Fossil fuels Trade
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This briefing demonstrates how corporate lobby groups are using trade threats, and particularly the EU-US trade talks as a vehicle to attack, weaken and delay important environmental regulation still in the making. The Fuel Quality Directive has already being delayed and potentially weakened threatening EU climate policies and an influx of tar sands to Europe.

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