Singapore will charge polluters a carbon tax from next year

Singapore has announced plans to introduce a new carbon tax from 2019.

Carbon tax in Singapore from 2019.

The tax will initially be levied at $5 Singapore dollars ($3.8 US) on all facilities which produce 25,000 tonnes, or more, of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Heng Swee Keat, the country’s Minister of Finance, made the announcement on Monday in the yearly budget proposals.

Agence France-Presse reported Mr Heng saying: "Singapore produces less carbon emissions per dollar of GDP than most countries”

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