Posted on 09/14/2019 7:14:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Finance ministers of the 28 European Union countries met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss measures to finance and encourage environmentally sustainable growth.
The meeting took place on the same day the governing coalition parties in Germany met to decide on climate measures targeting the transportation sector to ensure the country meets its 2030 goals to combat the climate crisis. Spending toward that end could approach a reported €75 billion ($83.6 billion). […]
The EU, says German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, must find a way to put a sensible price on carbon dioxide emissions, optimally on an international level. “I believe we are currently in a situation where many say ‘we’d like to do something on a national level, but no one else is.’” […]
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, submitted a broad palette of possible methods for determining the price for climate damaging emissions in order to collect money to invest in climate protection.
The EU estimates that trillions, not billions, will be needed in the coming fight against climate change. […]
The new Commission, which will begin work in November, hopes to introduce a kind of tariff on carbon dioxide. The plan envisions assessing the sustainability of imports from third countries. Those with poor ratings will then be taxed accordingly. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
Of course the statist of the EU believe that more taxes on the peasantry will solve everything.
“Finance ministers of the 28 European Union countries met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss measures to finance and encourage environmentally sustainable growth.”
FU.
this is great the cost of their fuel is about to double thanx to their buddies in Iran and they’re going to put a huge new tax on it.
Talk about an economy killer. Where’s the money going to come from to pay all their islamic guests?
The GDP of the entire world couldn’t change the climate up or down one hundredth of a degree.
Don’t like the weather? Send more money to your thieving politicians. They’ll fix it. Makes sense. LOL.
Socialism, liberalism and stupid people at work.
NEXT for the EU — A tax on umbrellas to combat Sunspots.
Taxes and fees are for two reasons only: for revenue and control, but not necessarily in that order. This has nothing to do with “climate change” as we cannot control it.
Oh great. Climate Tariffs. LOL
Not to worry. The Muslims will repeal it when they take over.
VAT Tax 2
I am sure the Dems want to do it here too.
Any excuse to raise taxes and climate change sounds good as a reason.
We better make sure to reelect Pres. Trump and elect R-s to have a majority in both houses of Congress.
Unfortunately in the case of the human-caused climate change lie, those of us who can't be fooled seem to be in the minority.
I’m not so sure about that. Every poll asking what issues are most important has GlobalClimateWarmingChange coming in very low. Leftists just make a lot of noise and have most of the media to broadcast it.
Whenever a jet airliner or private aircraft lands in their country, they should be heavily taxed based on the the amount of fuel it took to get there.
EU, don’t forget a tax to cover the solar panels’ damage to your environment coming soon.
I really do not understand how giving even more money to politicians to spend will chill the world. The economy perhaps, but the sun?
[[EU plans energy tax to combat climate change]]
Well golly- didn’t see that one coming- blindsided me- didn’t expect it at all-
They prove the experts wrong again: “You can’t improve on stupid”:
Finance ministers of the 28 European Union countries met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss measures to finance and encourage environmentally sustainable growth.
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