IMO says first worldwide tax on shipping emissions needed

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THE UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has approved of levy on every ton of shipping emissions from oceangoing cargo vessels, reports LA-based CleanTechnica. It would be a first step toward imposing a tax on emissions that is not limited to a particular country. ‘I’m very confident that there is going to be an economic pricing mechanism by this time next year,’ said IMO secretary general Arsenio Dominguez told the New York Times. IMO member nations detailed the decisions that still...

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