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Environment Management Newsletter Sepember 10, 2009 |
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Climate change-threatened Maldives proposing green tourist tax
The government of the Republic of the Maldives has said it is preparing to introduce a climate tax on tourists while the nation`s president has warned that he may not attend the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. According to Reuters reports, the island group is preparing to introduce an environment tax on all tourists which already provide the country`s economy with around one quarter of its $850m (£514m) economy. `We have introduced a green tax. It`s in the pipeline. It`s a matter of parliament approving it and I hope parliament will approve it - $3 per each tourist a day,` said president ... |
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Van Jones resignation throws Obama green jobs initiative into turmoil
The future leadership of the Obama administration`s green jobs initiative is in question this week, after the resignation of Van Jones, the president`s charismatic special adviser for green jobs. Jones, who worked at the White House Council for Environmental Quality and who was portrayed in the press as the president`s `green jobs Czar`, resigned after pressure from right-wing commentators including Fox News host Glenn Beck and members of the Republican party. Those pressuring the White House accused Jones of flirting with the 9/11 truth movement. Supporters of this movement believe that the ... |
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