Carbon tax
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title:
Carbon tax
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A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions from producing goods and services. Carbon taxes are intended to make visible the hidden social costs of carbon emissions. They are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by essentially increasing the price of fossil fuels. This both decreases demand for goods and services that produce high emissions and incentivizes making them less carbon-intensive. When a fossil fuel such as coal, petroleum, or natural gas is burned, most or all of its
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wiki
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Tax on carbon emissions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax
date created:
2002-09-11T20:41:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T03:19:53Z
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