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Published online 7 November 2007 | Nature 450, 151 (2007) | doi:10.1038/450151a
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Carbon tax lite
The impact of a British tax on greenhouse-gas emissions has faded over time, as Geoff Brumfiel reports.
Eight years ago Gordon Brown, then Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, announced a wide-ranging 'climate levy' on industrial carbon emissions. He pledged that the levy would benefit the environment and encourage investment in cleaner technologies.
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