Defeat by gilets jaunes will make others think twice before taking similar steps to cut emissionsEmmanuel Macron's defeat by the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement over a proposed eco-tax rise is likely to come as a painful lesson for environmental policymakers at this week's UN climate talks in Katowice.After the most violent protests seen in Paris for half a century, the French president has been been forced to postpone a planned eco-tax rise on fuel, showing how ecological measures can have explosive consequences if there is any suggestion that they are being used to "greenwash" austerity. Continue reading...
U-turn on eco-tax rise gives President Macron fuel for thought
4. prosinece 2018 18:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/04/macron-u-turn-on-eco-tax-rise-gives-green-lobby-fuel-for-thought
Zdroj: The Guardian