16 October 2017 – For years, China has been using subsidies and taxation to build its solar power equipment industries – and as a result, it dominates world markets. Now
28 September 2017 – EU institutions and 11 member states handed out at least €112bn ($131bn) a year to support coal, oil and gas between 2014 and 2016, according to a
22 September 2017 – Québec, Ontario and California reached an agreement integrating and harmonizing emissions cap programs. By signing this agreement, Ontario will now formally enter the Québec-California carbon market, effective
12 September 2017 – Yale University has implemented a carbon charge that affects more than 250 buildings and nearly 70% of campus carbon dioxide emissions. The carbon charge began July 1.
11 September 2017 – British Columbia’s New Democratic government said it would increase the Western Canadian province’s carbon tax rate by C$5 per tonne from 1 April 2018, and also
29 August 2017 – During July and August, several countries and federal states took steps towards enhancing their emissions trading systems (ETS), including through establishing a new ETS, and increasing the
18 August 2017 – The Green Investment Bank (GIB), created by the UK in 2012 to bridge the gap between the current level of investment and the amount of investment needed
16 August 2017 – The upcoming meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Argentina will put the elimination of government subsidies deemed harmful by the WTO high on the agenda.
8 August 2017 – Council leaders of Bristol (UK) are set to approve the next step towards charging vehicles coming into the city. Four options for Clean Air Zones (CAZ)
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,
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