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,
27 July 2017 – After three years in the fast lane, China’s electric car market has hit a speed bump this year as reduced government subsidies dent drivers’ buying interest. According
24 July 2017 – The Indian government is diverting some $25 billion earmarked for clean energy to an unrelated policy, a national news site revealed on Monday. Narendra Modi’s administration has
22 July 2017 – India and China are working together at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to get developed countries such as the US and the European Union countries to reduce
20 July 2017 – Although the US Congress has not raised the federal gas tax since 1993, a narrow majority of Americans support an increase in the tax to help
20 July 2017 – Negotiators at the WTO “rules negotiating group” have been examining an influx of new and updated proposals to establish WTO disciplines on harmful fisheries subsidies over
13 July 2017 – A group of US Senators introduced the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Act to extend and more than double tax credits to fossil fuel companies for
13 July 2017 – In the UK, a graduate transport planner has won a £250,000 prize for a plan to improve Britain’s ailing roads with a proposal to scrap fuel
17 July 2017 – The EU and Brazil – two of the world’s biggest producers of agricultural products – submitted a joint proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on support
A major obstacle to the more widespread use of energy taxation is the concern that energy taxes may be regressive, hitting the poor harder than the rich. Evidence is surprisingly
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