EU Backs New Fuel Law Forcing Oil Industry to Reduce Emissions

(Bloomberg) — The
European
Union
approved
stricter
clean-air
rules

for
oil
companies
such
as
Total SA
and BP Plc
to
supplement
new

emission
curbs
on cars
and a
campaign to
boost the use of biofuels.

The EU decided to force the petroleum industry to reduce by 6 percent, over the fuel lifecycle, emissions of gases blamed for global warming by the end of 2020 compared with 2010. The bloc also allowed a greater amount of environmentally friendly ethanol to be used in gasoline and tightened limits on fuel pollutants such as sulfur.

The objective is