UN Body Votes To Postpone Decision On Global Carbon Tax Amid US 'Outrage'
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GOP bill targets United Nations' global carbon 'tax scheme'
FIRST ON FOX: A new House GOP bill would block the United Nations (U.N.) from forcing the U.S. to take up any new tax that was not explicitly levied by American taxpayers' own government.It's expected to be introduced this week, as the world awaits a U.N. vote on a global tax on carbon emissions made via international maritime shipping. Member states of the UN's relevant body, the International Maritime Organization, voted late last week to post…
Trump Crushes UN’s Carbon Tax on Trade
After pressure from the Trump Administration and a majority vote among the members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN body responsible for setting global shipping standards delayed a key ruling on its “Net-Zero Framework”. The proposed regulations would set a fee for the emissions of large cargo vessels, aiming to promote reduced fuel intensity and decarbonization in the shipping sector. Unfortunately, this proposal fails t…
GOP bill targets United Nations’ global carbon ‘tax scheme’ – Your Capital Minds
A new House GOP bill would block the United Nations (U.N.) from forcing the U.S. to take up any new tax that was not explicitly levied by American taxpayers’ own government. It’s expected to be introduced this week, as the world awaits a U.N. vote on a global tax on carbon emissions made via international maritime shipping. Member states of the UN’s relevant body, the International Maritime Organization, voted late last week to postpone conside…
Trump Defeats United Nations Carbon Tax on Global Shipping - Marcellus Drilling News
Nations at a meeting of the UN’s International Maritime Organization voted to delay by one year a decision on a global tax on carbon emissions from shipping. The U.S. campaigned against the measure, with President Donald Trump and other officials arguing it was an “untenable global carbon tax” that would harm the U.S. economy. The...
There will be no first global carbon tax on maritime shipping – for now. On Friday, thanks to months of pressure from the Americans and Saudis, member states of the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to delay the vote on the matter by a year. "Environmentalists eager to curb shipping-related pollution, which contributes to planetary warming, were increasingly confident that countries would introduce the first-ever global carbon t…
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