"Lel Bruce Peto" news info flash on CO2 world emissions ...
<[email protected]> Sat, 5 Jul 2003 19:29:16 -0500 (CDT)
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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= =20 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= =20 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).