[Ost-news] Push to bar tar sands to US military

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Push to bar oil sands to US military  
By Sheila McNulty in Houston  
Published: March 18 2008 17:11 

The powerful chairman of a key congressional committee is pressing the US federal government to comply with energy legislation that bars the use of fuel from Canada’s oil sands.

The legislation, signed into law Dec 19 last year, prohibits the federal government from procuring fuels with a higher greenhouse gas content than conventional fuels, such as that from Canada’s oil sands or coal-to-liquids.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/push-bar-tar-sands-us-military

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