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C. Paris is the capital and largest city in France. With 2.2 million people, Paris is more than two-and-a-half times larger than the Mediterranean port of Marseille, the second-largest city. Lyon and Toulouse are third and fourth largest. Fuel-tax protesters in Paris and other cities have been wearing fluorescent yellow safety vests like the ones all French motorists are required to carry in their cars.
A. France’s president argued that the taxes were needed to curb climate change by weaning motorists off petroleum products. Scientists said last week that global emissions of carbon dioxide in 2018 will reach the highest levels on record. The news came amid warnings that climate change could cause the “collapse of our civilizations” unless we immediately make huge cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
B. The EU’s emissions are expected to drop 0.7 of a percent. China, India and the United States are the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and their emissions are increasing the most. China and India are the world’s most populous nations and rely heavily on coal to power their growing economies. The United States generates the most greenhouse gases per person.
A. Taxes take 46 percent of the economic output of Denmark compared to 46.2 percent in France. The people and companies of both Greece and Israel pay bigger shares of taxes than the 27.1 percent of gross domestic product collected to fund government in the United States.