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EU Unveils Sweeping Climate Change Plan

posted by mrpg on Sunday July 18 2021, @12:12PM   Printer-friendly

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EU unveils sweeping climate change plan:

The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

A dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states and the EU parliament, were announced on Wednesday.

They include plans to tax jet fuel and effectively ban the sale of petrol and diesel powered cars within 20 years.

The proposals, however, could face years of negotiations.

The plans triggered serious infighting at the European Commission, the bloc's administrative arm, as the final tweaks were being made, sources told the AFP news agency.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @06:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @06:42PM (#1157654)
    How is it a stealth tax when it's public policy? Anyone wanting to avoid the levy can green their processes. Anyone who doesn't, just remove their "most favoured nation" status. That is a pretty big stick, but it will probably come to that.