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A Pricey Omission: Not Charging Ships for Their Pollution Costs the UK Dearly, £1.6bn/yr

February 10, 2023 admin carbon tax, policy & politics, policy research, research, Shipping, shipping emissions, uk

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:35:42 +0000

UK £1.6bn/yr

The Airline Industry Is Greenwashing Its Reaction To Climate Crisis

December 9, 2022 admin airline pollution, airline pollution permits, Aviation, carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean transport, cleantechnica, climate change, corsia, eu council, eu ets, eu parliament, icao, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:15:44 +0000

In the EU, the discussion started to bring all flights departing from EU airfields under the ETS (Emission Trading System), the EU-wide carbon tax on CO2 produced by industries. Currently, only the airline industry’s flights departing to a destination within the EU are under the ETS system. By bringing all departing flights under the system, […]

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New Carbon Tracking Tool For Trees Has Your (Exact) Number

September 18, 2022 admin Agriculture, cap and trade, carbon prices, carbon pricing, carbon sequestion, carbon tax, climate change, ctrees, green economy, greenwashing, plant trees, planting trees, policy & politics, redd, tree planting, trillion trees, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:50:36 +0000

Planting trees is good, planting trees with pinpoint accuracy on carbon is better, and Ctrees has the numbers to help prevent bad actors from using trees as a greenwashing screen.

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Exploring Local Carbon Policy

May 6, 2022 admin carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean power, climate change, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 14:17:55 +0000

Although the distribution of carbon reduction pledges in the Paris Agreement is roughly in line with the local social cost of carbon (LSCC), the magnitude of those pledges is largely insufficient to achieve the Agreement’s goals. All regions of the world do not — and will not — experience the effects of CO2 emissions in […]

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Denmark Announces Aggressive Carbon Tax

April 20, 2022 admin aalborg portland, carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean power, danish carbon tax, danish climate law, Denmark, green economy, grid, holmegaard, policy & politics, rockwool, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:47:37 +0000

Since December of 2019, when Denmark wrote GHG reductions into national law, we have been waiting for the first draft of implementation. This week it was presented, and as usual some like it, and some do not. Danish national media outlet dr.dk reports a summary of the following details: “Companies that do not pay for […]

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Dereliction of Fuel Duty – Europe’s €9 Billion Gift to Putin

March 24, 2022 admin carbon tax, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, Russia

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:30:03 +0000

Why cutting fuel duty increases oil dependence and funnels benefits to the very richest. We need a tax on Russian oil.

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A Dereliction of Fuel Duty: Europe’s €9 Billion Gift to Putin & the Rich

March 23, 2022 admin carbon tax, EU, eu oil, Europe, europe oil, Fossil Fuels, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, Russia, russia oil

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:30:03 +0000

Why cutting fuel duty increases oil dependence and funnels benefits to the very richest. We need a tax on Russian oil. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed fuel prices to recent highs. To appease drivers at the pump, half of EU Member States (14 of 27 — see our Fuel Duty Tracker) have reacted by […]

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EU: Help Households, Take Socially Just Measures, Don’t Cut Taxes For Wealthy SUV Drivers

March 17, 2022 admin carbon pricing, carbon tax, EU, Europe, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 03:50:42 +0000

T&E urges EU finance ministers to Help Households T&E urges EU finance ministers to avoid cutting fuel taxes in response to the energy crisis and instead take more effective and socially just measures. As EU economics and finance ministers meet to discuss high energy costs and fuel taxes, T&E urges governments to avoid a blanket […]