US EditionA Majority of People Around the World Support a Carbon Tax — Even if They're Paying It
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A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they're paying it
People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty. That idea defies conventional political wisdom, which typically holds that people hate taxes. It emerged in a survey of 40,680 people in 20 nations that found strong support for a carbon tax that would transfer wealth from the worst polluters to people in developing nations. Most of them support such policies even if it takes m…
Spain is speaking out against Big Oil: 89% of its citizens support imposing new taxes on gas, oil, and coal companies to make them pay for the climate damage they cause, such as the storms, floods, and droughts that have marked recent tragedies like the Valencia disaster. Read more]]>
89% of Spaniards, nearly 9 out of 10, support taxing oil, gas and coal companies to pay for damage caused by climate change-related disasters, such as storms, floods, droughts or forest fires, according to a report by Greenpeace and Oxfam International.
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