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Carbon Tax Turns Into Windfall For Airlines
ResumeDid you know that if you fly to Europe, you pay a tax to offset the carbon your flight emits?
The nonprofit group Transport & Environment found that last year, airlines in the U.S. collected as much as a billion dollars from its passengers to comply with a European Union law that has yet to go into effect.
- New York Times: Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel
- Transportation & Environment: Airlines' Billion-Dollar Bonanza Underscores Need for Real Climate Action
Guest:
- Elisabeth Rosenthal, covers environment issues and health for The New York Times. She tweets @nytrosenthal.
This segment aired on February 13, 2013.