Senator Ed Markey on Wednesday said he is proposing additional taxes on private jet trips to address the climate impacts of wealthy travel.
Markey, a Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees aviation, said the bill would require wealthy travelers "to pay their fair share for the environmental and infrastructure costs of their use of private jets."
Markey cited a study from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies that found private jets have emissions at least 10 times higher than commercial airline planes per passenger.
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