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carbon taxes
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedGovernmentTaxes
Government Caves as French Riot Over Climate Policies
by H. Sterling Burnett December 7, 2018In response to three weeks of riots and ongoing violent protest, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the government was suspending planned increases in gasoline and other energy taxes slated to begin in January, saying “the tax is now abandoned.”
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyRegulation
Carbon Taxes Are Uneconomic And Misanthropic
by H. Sterling Burnett July 19, 2018Restricting the use of fossil fuels is an especially bad idea because expanding their use is the quickest, surest way to decrease poverty and increase human flourishing globally.