NEW taxes on road and air travel are needed if the UK is to meet green-house gas targets, a watchdog has warned. An immediate emissions charge on domestic flights should be followed by a levy on international travel, says the Sustainable Development Commission.
It also suggests increased road taxes to cut pollution from vehicles and measures to cut building emissions.
The SDC said such action would help the UK meet an annual shortfall of at least 10 million tonnes in carbon reductions.
“The UK has a massive gap to fill if we are to get back on track in meeting our 2010 target of a 20 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions and the signs do not look good,” said SDC chairman Jonathan Porritt.
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Greater powers to allow airports to tackle noise and set charges based on local pollution are among the measures.
The Tories said the bill was a "hotch-potch of all sorts of loose ends".
And the Lib Dems said that although they would not oppose the bill at second reading they hoped to "insert some backbone" into
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Air pollution in major Southeast Asian and Chinese cities ranks among the worst in the world and contributes to the deaths of about 500,000 people each year, said Michal Krzyzanowski, an air quality specialist at the WHO's European Center for Environment and Health in Bonn, Germany.
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A haze that blanketed parts of Southeast Asia this month is just one element of an air pollution problem that kills hundreds of thousands of people in the region annually, the World Health Organization said.
Air pollution in major Southeast Asian and Chinese cities ranks among the worst in the world and contributes to the deaths of about 500,000 people each year, Reuters reported, citing Michal Krzyzanowski, an air quality specialist at the WHO's European Center for Environment and Health.
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The City of Philadelphia sued 19 online travel booking agencies, seeking payment of hotel taxes they collect.
Defendants include the biggest names in online booking -- Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline and Cheap Tickets, among others.
In a lawsuit filed July 10 in Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, the city claimed the travel companies collected taxes on hotel rooms sold, but failed to pay the city its share, which is 7 percent of the room cost.
The city seeks repayment and a full accounting.
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Bobby Deol has become the first Indian actor to support the Mayor of London’s travel awareness initiative, called ‘good going: travel awareness in London’ and chose the London Borough of Harrow as the place to make the announcement.
Bobby was in London recently promoting his new film Barsaat which marks the first Bollywood film tie-in with a Mayor of London scheme. ‘good going’, a Transport for London initiative is aimed at encouraging Londoners to travel by bike, public transport, walking and car sharing in a bid to cut congestion, pollution and improve the air quality in London.
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