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July 10, 2019
Tickets originating in France will carry a new fee between $1.70 and $20, which will help fund eco-friendly infrastructure like train networks. French officials announced a new “ecotax” on Tuesday for nearly all flights departing from the country beginning in 2020. Elizabeth Borne, France’s transportation minister, said the measure comes amid a time of “ecological...
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Paris, which in 2015 hosted the signing of a historic agreement on fighting global warming, on Tuesday declared a climate emergency following similar moves by other cities and national parliaments. “Paris, like other cities, declares a climate emergency,” Celia Blauel, deputy mayor in charge of the environment, told a municipal council meeting, stressing the need...
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