19 April 2017 – In Tennessee the State House and Senate passed a bill that raises the gas tax by 6 cents per gallon over the next three years, and
It has been nearly three years since the collapse in global oil prices and there have been mixed outcomes for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While
This paper by Tyeler Matsuo and Tobias S Schmidt published in Environmental Research Letters (Volume 12, Number 1) proposes that ‘hybrid’ policies that package fossil fuel subsidy reform with low-carbon
This paper by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) analyzes the history of attempted fossil fuel reforms in Brazil from the 1930s until the 2000s. It examines the rationale used by
In October 2010, China introduced a tiered electricity pricing (TEP) reform for the residential sector. Under such a TEP system, electricity consumers pay a low rate for an initial consumption
On 2 September 2013, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that the price of diesel and RON95 gasoline would increase by 20 sen (US$ 0.06) overnight, and that
11 April 2017 – A new incentive in South Africa’s Income Tax Act allows landowners to claim a reduced tax based on the value of their land which is formally
12 April 2017 – Brendan Frank (Research Analyst, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission) discusses the pros and cons of options to implement congestion pricing in Ottawa, Canada. Read the full article on
11 April 2017 – Tina Rosenberg (Editorial writer and Author) explores the reasons why oil companies like Exxon Mobile and BP endorse a carbon tax. Read the full article on
11 April 2017 – The Swedish government has announced sweeping reforms of fuel and vehicle taxation. The proposals have been developed to reach a new target of reducing CO2 emissions
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