Sydney Morning Herald: Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace joined 61 other charities, unions and campaign groups to urge US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to support a financial transaction tax to help fund the fight against climate change. A transaction levy, or "Robin Hood Tax," could help fund $US100 billion of climate change aid that developed countries have pledged by 2020, and extend to health care and education as well, the 63 groups said in a letter yesterday to Clinton that was emailed today by Friends...
URL: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/clinton-urged-to-back-robin-hood-tax-to-fight-climate-change-20120929-26rmz.html
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