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United Kingdom: Blair rejects flight tax to cut pollution
Source: Posted: 02-08-2006 at 12:00:08
| Telegraph: Restricting cheap flights by putting a tax on air travel to cut pollution was ruled out by Tony Blair yesterday. Although he admitted the world would be in "serious trouble" without a new agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the Prime Minister rejected calls to make flying more expensive. The growth in cheap flights offered by budget airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet has helped to make emissions from aircraft one of the fastest growing forms of ... |
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