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Flights face green tax in new bid to tackle climate change

by iambest | June 27, 2009 at 03:56 am

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Earlier read a story "£60billion was needed to help the poorest nations deal with the effects of climate change." to fullfill this requirement aviation industry is the best source to raise the fund officials said...

Air fares could soar to help fight climate change, Gordon Brown warned yesterday.

The Prime Minister said the aviation industry could be a potential source of revenue for a multi-billion-pound fund to tackle global warming.

The proposal could mean the introduction of a new range of flying taxes.

Brown made his comments in a speech setting out what he wanted to see achieved at a climate change summit being held in Copenhagen in December.

He said the "security of our planet and our humanity is at stake" unless global warming is tackled.

The PM also called for an international effort to raise the money needed to deal with the problem.

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albertacowpoke

at 05:51 on June 27th, 2009

I am all for climate change, however this doesn't make sense with all the difficulties airlines are having. It just shows that these politicians don't pay for their flights and don't have an eye on the industy. The way I see it, this could bring the airline industry to its knees and when no one flies there will be no money to deal with with help for the poorest nations.

Barbara McPherson

at 08:30 on June 27th, 2009

While the airline industry shouldn't be expected to bear all the costs, it's about time that the emissions were taken into consideration. Where I live, people are still clamoring for 'cheap flights to Mexico' with no thought of the damage incurred. Not only that, our local small airport is on an expansion kick, endangering wet lands and eating up agricultural land.