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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
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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.

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south-africa-introduces-new-carbon-tax-to-fight-climate-change
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Jul 27, 2019
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