“If I were President of Europe…” – just what would you do to help the environment?

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Published: 09 May 2007

Students from the Copenhagen International School answer to the question “If you were the President of Europe, what would you do to help decrease pollution and improve our environment?”. Increasing taxes on cars and using that money to invest in environmentally-friendly forms of transportation are the most cited policies a green President would implement.

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“If I were President of Europe…” – just what would you do to help the environment?