By not charging for greenhouse gas emissions, the UK government is handing over nearly £5m of taxpayer money to the shipping sector every day, writes Transport & Environment's UK director Anna Krajinska
For decades, the energy used by the shipping sector has benefitted from large tax breaks. These have encouraged ever greater use of imported fossil fuels while deterring investment in cleaner alternatives....
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