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Carbon Tax on the cards in SA.
Carbon tax on the cards30 July 2008 at 06h41 The National Treasury is investigating the introduction of a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions as part of South Africa's voluntary commitment to climate change mitigation - government speak for: finally business (and consumers) in SA will be forced to curb its CO2 outputs. This is good news! There was also a suggestion of incentives and a future cap-and-trade mechanism by Van Schalkwyk, who gave a briefing in Cape Town outlining the climate policy a couple of days ago. Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-30 |
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