Meeting on shipping emissions could result in the world's first global carbon tax

Meeting on shipping emissions could result in the world's first global carbon tax

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations will decide Friday whether to impose a tax on carbon emissions from ships

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Hogmanay and Highland dancing could become protected as UK heritage

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