Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Pretty soon, you're talking real money: Oxfam and WWF suggest another $25 billion annual climate fraud swindle

Charities seek levy on shipping fuel for climate - Forbes.com
AMSTERDAM -- U.N. climate negotiators should consider a fuel surcharge on international shipping to partly finance a $100 billion annual pledge to help developing countries meet the challenges of global warming, environmental groups proposed in a report released Thursday.

Oxfam and the World Wildlife Fund suggested a levy of $25 per ton on fuels that drive the global merchant marine, which transports 90 percent of world trade and contributes about 3 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
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A surcharge at that level would add 0.2 percent to shipping costs, or $2 on every $1,000, the report said, but would raise at least $25 billion a year.

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