ScienceDaily: A majority of Norwegians would accept increased climate taxes — if the taxes are understood as targeting specific environmental purposes. Earmarking of the revenues could help to gain public acceptance for such taxes.
It is difficult to find climate policy instruments that are both effective and have the backing of the general public.
Economists and politicians prefer to avoid earmarking of tax revenues because it limits their ability to prioritise discretionary spending in the longer term….

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