12 May 2017 – Carbon taxes will be implemented in Singapore from 2019, levied on the largest direct emitters of greenhouse gases, such as power plants. When it comes to
17 May 2017 – Brendan Frank (Research Analyst, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission) argues that the success of British Columbia’s carbon tax cannot be measured in terms of absolute emission reductions, rather
13 May 2017 – Han Phoumin (Energy Economist, ERIA Institute) argues that Southeast Asian countries should stop subsidizing fossil fuels. In Southeast Asia alone, fossil fuel subsidies amounted to US$51
10 May 2017 – The Second Annual High Level Assembly meeting of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) was held in Washington DC on 20 April. At the meeting government
10 May 2017 – Harmful fishing subsidies that contribute to over-fishing are estimated to be as high as $35 billion according to fisheries experts from the United Nations Trade and
5 May 2017 – De Beers, the diamond unit of Anglo American, will attempt to capture carbon within the rock from which diamonds are extracted in order to offset its
11 May 2017 – While the richest country on Earth contemplates pulling out of the Paris climate agreement to limit global emissions, Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries, is planning
9 May 2017 – While raising the gas tax is still a politically treacherous idea in Washington, lawmakers in state capitals are increasingly coming around to it. Already this year,
3 May 2017 – Femke Groothuis (President of the The Ex’tax Project) argues that a major overhaul of the tax code is required to achieve a circular economy as public
4 May 2017 – In this article Vincent H. Smith (Director, Agricultural Studies Program, American Enterprise Institute) argues that instead of cutting assistance to developing countries to increase defense spending,
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