🚨In the midst of wars and global crises, European governments are driving us deeper into fossil fuel addiction by cutting fuel taxes to lower prices at the petrol pump.
A thread ⤵️🧵
#StopFuellingWar
A thread ⤵️🧵
#StopFuellingWar
What curbing fuel prices and general VAT reductions on petrol/diesel really mean:
🚨Deeper fossil fuel dependency
🌎A devastating impact on the climate
⚠️Social inequalities increasing
💶Favouring wealthier households
transportenvironment.org/discover/taxpa…
🚨Deeper fossil fuel dependency
🌎A devastating impact on the climate
⚠️Social inequalities increasing
💶Favouring wealthier households
transportenvironment.org/discover/taxpa…
So what should governments do?
📝Social & climate support payments for low-income households
🚨Introduce measures to reduce oil consumption
💶Tax companies profiting from rising oil prices
🌎Invest revenue from taxes to boost rail & public transport
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues…
📝Social & climate support payments for low-income households
🚨Introduce measures to reduce oil consumption
💶Tax companies profiting from rising oil prices
🌎Invest revenue from taxes to boost rail & public transport
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues…
EU leaders need to get behind a massive rollout of home insulation, renewables, and clean public transport, while protecting the most vulnerable in society and ensuring farmers in Europe produce food for people, not feed for industrial meat factories.
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues…
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues…
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