POLLUTION TAXES, NOT FUEL TAXES, SEEN AS BEST SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
February 1st, 2008
BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris
SETTING a new pollution tax on all road vehicles that varies according to the way they were driven, and mandating clearer targets for reducing emissions, would lead to more efficient climate change policies: that was the view of experts from the US and Europe meeting at the International Transport Forum in Paris last month (NOTE: JANUARY) for a round-table debate on transport's role in tackling climate change.
Most governments use a combination of high fuel taxes - to dissuade vehicle owners from using their cars too often - and fuel ...
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