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EU weighs carbon tax on home heating and petrol to fill budget gaps | Commission officials suggest using some revenues raised by unpopular levy due in 2027 to meet bloc’s wider needs (www.ft.com)

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 year ago

This is fossil fuel propaganda. The EU has the ETS, which this is refering to. It is covering industrial, electricity generation, aviation and a few other sectors for years. A few years ago they passed the law for an additional scheme ETS2 for home heating and petrol.

The new part is using the money from ETCS2 to finance the EU rather then the members.

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