CO2 Pollution Tax 
Green Car Congress
MAY 28, 2021
finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO 2 emitted per passenger-km. And yet, super-rich super polluters are flying around like there’s no climate crisis. The report, Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero emission aviation?
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2012
A new report from MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change suggests that a tax on carbon emissions could help raise the money needed to reduce the US deficit, while improving the economy, lowering other taxes and reducing emissions. They found that the tax would raise $1.5
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2011
Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
T&E said governments should therefore end the purchase subsidies and tax breaks for plug-in hybrids. Plug-in hybrids are fake electric cars, built for lab tests and tax breaks, not real driving. Our tests show that even in optimal conditions, with a full battery, the cars pollute more than advertised.
Electrek
JANUARY 9, 2024
The new year has brought some new, tighter restrictions for drivers in France, particularly for those driving heavy, polluting cars. more… The post Drivers of heavy, dirty cars pay stiff penalty tax in France appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2009
The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In most Central and Eastern European countries, the main concern of policy makers remains to reduce the level of old vehicles on the streets with pollutant emission standards of below Euro 3. ACEA provides an overview of the CO 2 -based vehicle taxes here.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Two years ago, T&E found the technology polluted significantly more than advertised on longer routes. The NGP says the new tests confirm that lawmakers should base taxes for PHEVs on their actual pollution and stop subsidizing their sale.
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