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Answer :

A pollution charge gives the trucking industry an incentive to reduce its emissions, as long as the marginal cost of reducing the emissions is less than the tax.

What is a negative externality?

Pollution consistutes a negative externality. This is because the cost of pollution is greater than its benefits to third parties not involved in the activity that generates the population.  A way to reduce pollution is to enact a pollution charge.

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