22 October 2007
The Dutch Government has a plan to flights leaving the Netherlands an amount equal to $16 for intra-European flights and $64 for intercontinental flights. The proposed tax is being touted as an “environmental tax” to offset carbon emissions from aviation.
However, the Association of European Airlines claims the tax revenues will not be used to [...]
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20 June 2007
From the popularity of Al Gore’s uber-Power Point “An Inconvenient Truth” to the explosion of hybrid and energy efficient vehicles, the US population is paying more attention to the environment. And Congress is finally catching on (well, sort of).
One of the driving forces behind the interest in going green is the increase in oil [...]
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