EU extends import tax on efficient lightbulbs - Greenpeace responds

Responding to the news that the European Commission has agreed to extend the 66% import tax on Chinese energy efficient lightbulbs for another 12 months, Greenpeace Climate and Energy campaigner Laura Yates said:

"Given the urgency of climate change, it’s scandalous that the EU have responded to Osram’s whingeing. It’s now going to take another year to abolish this unnecessary and protectionist tax on efficient lightbulbs, and if the industry cartel has its way it will be at least another ten years until incandescent bulbs are banned completely."

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