From EU to US: Be serious to fight climate change
4 March 2013 Green Economy
]The member of the European Commission responsible for the climate Connie Hedegaard said that the Barack Obama management rejects the Keystone XL pipeline project, the US will send a message that they are serious about fighting climate change.
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Hedegaard, speaking inWashington, said, ‘This will be an extremely strong signal for Obama administration.”
Commission member said that if the 830 thousand barrel raw oil from Canada was rejected by the controversial project expected to carry refineries in Texas, the U.S. said that in an attempt to have a serious effect on climate change.
[Hedegaard also stated that they will continue to classify Canada’s tarp sands as ‘high pollution source.
The US authorities are waiting for the government to give the final decisions about the Keystone project in the middle of the year.
Hedegaard said how to contribute to discussions carried out in the framework of the civil aviation organization of the United Nations to reduce emissions caused by the aerospace industry, for the US, Keystone would be a test.
The EU’s only sidedly faced emissions tax to flights using airports in Europe, the Union faced with countries such as USA, China, India and Russia. The EU temporarily bordered the scope of the application for a worldwide agreement.
]However Hedegaard said that the U.S. has not enough for the recommendations that this frame brought up to this. [
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