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That Extra Charge on Your Hotel Bill May Fund a Heat Pump

Barcelona wants to use revenue from its tourist tax to support clean energy installations in schools. It’s a model other cities could follow. 

Solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment building in Barcelona.

Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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One of Europe’s top travel destinations doesn’t like tourists — or at least you’d get that impression reading some of the unwelcoming slogans locals have graffitied across Barcelona.