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U.S. mayors urge cities not to use oil-sands-derived fuel

The Canadian Press

June 23, 2008 at 2:28 PM EDT

U.S. mayors have become the latest group trying to reduce the use of gasoline made with oil from Alberta's oil sands.

A resolution has passed at their annual conference in Miami that urges cities to forbid the use of such gasoline in municipal vehicles.

The resolution says development of fuel from the oil sands threatens forests and releases three times as much greenhouse gases as conventional oil.

It also says importing oil sands fuel slows the transition in the United States to cleaner energy sources.

U.S. federal legislation already prohibits the use of unconventional fuel that creates high greenhouse gas emissions, but officials have said those laws won't apply to the oil sands.

Other organizations such as airlines have also come under pressure to stop using fuel made from oil sands oil.