EU mulls carbon tax to curb global warming

The European Commission is considering imposing an EU-wide tax on CO2 emissions on sectors such as transport and agriculture, which are currently not covered by the bloc's cap-and-trade scheme for carbon dioxide, EurActiv has learnt. The proposed amendment of the 2003 Energy Taxation Directive would oblige member states to levy a CO2 tax on fuels in order to cut emissions. The Commission reckons that the EU's policy framework has "changed radically" since the adoption of the existing ...

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