1. Fuel tax ahead.
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ENVIRONMENTAL law , *AIR pollution , *AIR quality , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
This article reports that such low air fares can not last long if some European government ministers get their way. While the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3 per cent from 1990 to 2002, emissions from its international air traffic soared by almost 70 per cent. In February, German and French ministers suggested imposing a tax of up to € 300 per tonne of aviation fuel. The strategies being mooted include an emissions trading scheme, which would allow airlines to buy and sell permits for the CO2 they produce.
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- 2005