The United Nations’ aviation agency (International Civil Aviation Organization) approved the initial steps in implementing a worldwide tax on greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. If the proposal gets accepted, it would take effect in 2022. The European Union had been seeking a more robust agreement: “While we would have liked more countries to accept our […]
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First Global Pollution Tax
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Tax Pollution
One of the only taxes that makes sense is a pollution tax. A progressive income tax is perhaps the worst type of taxation. Why would you want to tax people for being productive… then, tax them higher the more productive they are? These countries currently have taxes on carbon emissions: Australia, India, South Korea, Japan, […]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Government, Politics, Science
Also tagged cap-and-trade, carbon credits, carbon emissions, climate change, emissions trading, global warming, greenhouse gases, offset progams, pollution tax, stop global warming
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