a tax on carbon emissions, intended to discourage the use of fossil fuels and encourage investment in renewable energy sources
carbon tax
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Noun
(plural carbon taxes)
- a tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
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