Al Jazeera
South Africa introduces new carbon tax to fight climate change
Published: Jul 27, 2019
Crawled: Mar 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Length: 63 words
Article Content
Industry experts warn, in a country with a high unemployment rate, carbon taxes are anti-growth, anti-jobs and anti-investment. Coal mining is partly to blame for making South Africa one of the African continents worst polluters. Now, as South Africa tries to fight climate change , businesses have begun paying a carbon tax. Al Jazeeras Haru Mutasa reports from Emalahleni in Mpumalanga province.
Article Details
- Article ID
- 7725
- Article Name
- south-africa-introduces-new-carbon-tax-to-fight-climate-change
- Date Published
- Jul 27, 2019
- Date Crawled
- Mar 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
- Newspaper Website
- aljazeera.com