A charge on electric cars is ‘completely incongruent’ with states’ targets of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, Dr Jake Whitehead says Victoria’s planned road user tax for electric vehicles
Energy companies will compete for contracts in auction at end of 2021 The government plans to double the amount of renewable energy it will subsidise next year after agreeing to
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 2020 (IPS) – As the world’s leading economies direct trillions of dollars towards Covid-19 recovery packages, a significant proportion is going to fossil fuel industries without climate
Extent of State support for production and consumption activities revealed by CSO Eoin Burke-Kennedy The Government provided €2.4 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry here in 2018, according
EU leaders endorsed Riyadh’s contentious “circular carbon economy” vision at the G20 summit, in exchange for a renewed commitment to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies By Joe Lo European leaders reached
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called on Lithuania to reduce fossil fuel subsidies and introduce a carbon tax to green its economy. “This policy should be
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new wave of green stimulus policies to both tackle climate change and rebuild the global economy.In 2008 after the global recession, governments around
General description of the measure This is a new tax that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into, the UK, that does not contain at least 30% recycled
Taxation will not escape the European Union’s plans to curb planet-warming emissions, and levies should be revamped to reflect climate and environmental costs, the head of EU climate policy said
The subsidy will be allocated to wind farms, biomass power generators, and distributed solar power operators, as well as solar power projects for poverty alleviation purposes, in 14 regions China’s
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