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December 7, 2018

Do Paris riots mark the end of taxing carbon?

By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANGELA CHARLTON
Associated Press

PARIS — The “yellow vests” in France are worrying greens around the world.

The worst riots in Paris in decades were sparked by higher fuel taxes, and French President Emmanuel Macron responded by scrapping them Wednesday. But taxes on fossil fuels are just what international climate negotiators, meeting in Poland this week, say are desperately needed to help wean the world off of fossil fuels and slow climate change.


 
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