Taxes can also be an important tool for environmental protection, and many economists say taxing carbon would be the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

税收也可以作为环境保护的一个重要工具。许多经济学家认为，征收碳税会是减少温室气体排放的最佳途径。

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Carbon taxes or auctioned emissions permits not only address climate change but recapture some of the windfall profits of fossil fuel exporters.

碳税或排放许可拍卖，不仅有利于解决气候变化问题，也会挤压化石燃料出口商的暴利空间。

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Our new understanding of the rebound effect reinforces the case for price-based measures, such as carbon taxes and emissions trading, to control emissions directly.

他说：“我们对回弹效应新的理解，更突显了基于价格的措施——比如碳税及排放权交易——直接控制碳排放的有效性。”

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Given the choice between a policy of more taxes and more government programs that do nothing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and a policy of fewer taxes and fewer government programs that nevertheless result in declining carbon dioxide emissions, I will take the latter.

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If the UK is to stick to its target to cut emissions by 2050, taxes will surely have to rise, Mr George says.

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Thus raise taxes on carbon emissions but lower them on something else: exactly what Australia did.

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