4 August 2017 – A power producer in the city of Tianjin has issued “green bonds” worth 1 billion yuan (US $150 million) to finance a 2,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant,
27 July 2017 – After three years in the fast lane, China’s electric car market has hit a speed bump this year as reduced government subsidies dent drivers’ buying interest. According
24 July 2017 – The Indian government is diverting some $25 billion earmarked for clean energy to an unrelated policy, a national news site revealed on Monday. Narendra Modi’s administration has
22 July 2017 – India and China are working together at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to get developed countries such as the US and the European Union countries to reduce
20 July 2017 – Although the US Congress has not raised the federal gas tax since 1993, a narrow majority of Americans support an increase in the tax to help
13 July 2017 – A group of US Senators introduced the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Act to extend and more than double tax credits to fossil fuel companies for
13 July 2017 – In the UK, a graduate transport planner has won a £250,000 prize for a plan to improve Britain’s ailing roads with a proposal to scrap fuel
Proposals to increase environmentally related taxes are often challenged on competitiveness grounds given concerns that certain sectors might decline domestically if a country introduces environmentally related taxes unilaterally. Furthermore, environmental
13 July 2017 – In Australia a proposed new regulation on vehicle fuel efficiency standards was quickly withdrawn after it was met with heavy criticism. Under the proposed regulation, designed
10 July 2017 – The scale of Chinese state aid to its long-distance fisheries sector extends well beyond fuel subsidies to cheap loans, training, and wage supports, according to remarks
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