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16 January 2018 – EU regulators are searching for ways to increase recycling of plastic, as waste piles up in ports after China banned imports of “foreign garbage” from the start

11 January 2018 – Economists have long argued that the most efficient way to curb global warming is to put a price on the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause it. A total

10 January 2018 – New York City is seeking to lead the assault on climate change with a plan to divest US$5bn from fossil fuels and sue the world’s most powerful

1 January 2018 – The Albertan government will issue carbon tax rebate cheques in early January, deputy premier Sarah Hoffman said on New Year’s Day, the same day a 50% increase

27 December 2017 – China will allot revenue from the environmental protection tax to local governments to motivate participation in the fight against pollution. According to a decree by the State

23 December 2017 – The fiscal 2018 tax reform outline, adopted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition, calls for introducing the forest environment tax to finance efforts to manage and

19 December 2017 – China released plans on to start a giant market to trade credits for the right to emit planet-warming greenhouse gases. The nationwide market would initially cover China’s

14 December 2017 – On the occasion of the One Planet Summit, government leaders of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Governors of California and Washington, and the Premiers of

13 December 2017 – China’s practice in recent years shows that establishing long-term, effective and ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can attract more capital and technology from all sectors

12 December 2017 – Belgium will issue its first bond for use in financing projects to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. Belgium would follow a number of countries that have sold