Oil groups mount legal challenge to Schwarzenegger’s tar sands ban

Guardian: A lobby group that includes BP and Shell in its membership has launched a legal challenge against low-carbon legislation in California that in effect rules out the use of oil from Canadian tar sands. The action by the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) comes amid growing political, investor and consumer pressure on US oil companies not to participate in the carbon-intensive tar sands of Alberta. A NPRA statement said the legislation was unlawful for a number of ......

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