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France worries about environment

Paris, France - Some measures to reduce airplane noise pollution too

The French Government announced a series of fiscal measures in behalf of environment preservation, among which the creation of a tax on carbon consumption, the 10% increase of the industrial pollution and residue tax and of the tax on airplane noise pollution. More proposals are car road toll in big cities and a tax for trucks passing through such landscape areas as Alps. Revenues from the airplane...

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Rome, Italy, 11/15/2006 13:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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