01.11.2018 – While worldwide fossil fuel consumption subsidies almost halved between 2012 and 2016, new data for 2017 show a 12% increase in the estimated value of these subsidies, according to
31.10.2018 – UK’s chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a new tax on the manufacture and import of plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled plastic. A tax on takeaway
30.10.2018 – Should Britain exit the EU without a deal, UK emitters will pay GBP 16 a ton under a planned Carbon Emissions Tax to replace the EU carbon-market portion
29.10.2018 – Hybrid and electric car owners in Mississippi have to pay a new tax on their vehicles from October. Hybrid cars are taxed an extra USD75 dollars a year and
29.10.2018 – Spain has scrapped a tax widely criticised for undermining solar power in Europe’s sunniest country, in the latest energy policy reversal by the country’s new socialist government which has
28.10.2018 – The Secretary of State’s Office recently released a summary of lessons learned from Oregon’s disastrous Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC) program. Thanks to a combination of lax oversight, complex
26.10.2018 – The primary challenges associated with alternative fuels in shipping result from environmental considerations, availability of sufficient fuel quantities, fuel costs, and the rules of the IGF Code. However, without
26.10.2018 – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, Canada will implement a revenue-neutral carbon tax starting in 2019, fulfilling a campaign pledge he
26.10.2018 – The UK government’s response to its fisheries bill consultation reveals it is forging ahead with a plan to charge those who land fish in excess of quotas, rather than
26.10.2018 – Exiting coal or introducing a carbon price floor to reduce Dutch emissions in line with a recent court ruling could see a near term electricity price surge of EUR3-4.
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