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Rolling the dice on energy
Daily Caller
Their gas tax comes in the form of a direct carbon tax on every gallon of gasoline purchased by consumers at the pump, which functions as a “linked fee. ...

French PM: Wants To Take Carbon Tax Decision With EU Partners
Wall Street Journal
PARIS (Dow Jones)--French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday that a carbon fuel tax aimed at curbing global warming should be introduced at ...

Now or never, that's rub with French carbon tax
Xinhua
The council which invalidated the carbon tax argued that the measure contained too many exemptions for major polluters. The second time around, ...

France Backs Away From Carbon Tax
Investor's Business Daily
The carbon tax that French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, once hailed as a key weapon against global warming is suddenly, as Prime Minister. ...

Act renews call to dump emissions scheme
TVNZ
MP John Boscawen is seizing on a decision made by the French government to abandon plans to introduce a carbon tax on domestic energy and road fuels. ...