"Lel Bruce Peto" news info flash on CO2 world emissions ...

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"Lel Bruce Peto" news info flash on CO2 world emissions ...

Swiss authorities are studying four possible ways of meeting commitments=20
under the Kyoto Protocol, after deciding that voluntary measures will not=
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be sufficient to achieve the required reductions in CO2 emissions.=20
The four variations being considered by the Agency for the Environment,=20
the Federal Office of Energy and various interested parties are: A pure=20
CO2 tax of SFr0.30/litre (Eur0.19/l); A "centime for the climate" as=20
proposed by the oil importers association Erdol-Vereinigung and the Swiss=
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Business Federation; A "centime for the climate" combined with a CO2 tax=20
of SFr0.20/litre (Eur0.13/l), Or a "centime for the climate" combined wit=
h=20
a CO2 tax of SFr0.10/litre (Eur0.06/l).