Word: ripa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is action as well at the level of the European Community as a whole. Last January, E.C. environment commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana got initial approval for a tax to be levied on fuels that give off carbon dioxide. He figures this will eventually push the price of natural gas up about 30% and coal 60%, increases that will spur businesses and consumers to conserve energy. The E.C. has been helping finance development of clean technologies, such as 100%-recyclable cars and low-polluting power generators, since...
...final decision lies with the obscure B.I.E. The European Communities' Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana, an Italian, has demanded full environmental studies, and says triumphantly that doubts about the Venice site are setting in: "It will finish in the paper basket." But outgoing Mayor Casellati is still worried. "I'm going off to sail in the lagoon," he says. "Before they destroy...