DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Canada is the world’s second leading source of public funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, according to a new report, even though many experts say CCS is a greenwashing cover to pump more oil. Verifying actual capture rates was always a real weakness with this tax credit,” Levin told DeSmog.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

Just a couple of months into 2020, the world was amid significant discussion about the core purpose of businesses, led by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calling for corporate America to take control of its carbon footprint and major companies, including Microsoft and Delta , making ambitious zero-carbon pledges. Financial risk factors.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

TransformTax initiative spearheaded by Green Alliance to assess how UK tax system could be better used to benefit environment and drive low carbon lifestyles. It comes amid growing support of tax reform to help support the UK's climate change targets. Now is the time to rethink the how, what and why of tax.".

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Although it may not be discussed frequently, ocean acidification is one of the biggest problems humanity (and the environment) faces today. Ocean acidification occurs when atmospheric carbon dioxide increases. Reduce your carbon footprint. Not only is this better for the environment, but it is also cheaper!

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

KPMG report predicts governments set to take a 'multi-faceted approach' to pricing carbon that could prove difficult for businesses to navigate. The global reach of carbon pricing and tax regimes is likely to be extended in the coming years, creating a complex tax landscape that could prove challenging for some businesses to navigate.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

” “As an engineer, it really concerns me because the only problem with conventional power is that they're polluting the environment; it's a very, very big negative. The EU’s proposed carbon border tax also shuts down the go-to loophole for some sectors.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Eligibility List sets out the approved host countries, carbon crediting programmes, and methodologies that meet the established Eligibility Criteria in Singapore. The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If Exxon had back then used its vast political and financial power to aggressively push for a national carbon tax to be adopted in major economies around the world, global emissions might have already peaked by now. We’d be headed down the backside,” environmental writer and 350.org

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment explores the challenges and benefits of redistributing the proceeds of a carbon tax. A currently in-vogue solution that has surprising backing across the political spectrum in the UK is the idea of carbon dividends.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

These measures were announced alongside “a major acceleration of home-grown technologies like offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, and, above all, nuclear.” Taxing renewables. ” The government will also introduce a windfall tax of 45% on renewable electricity generators from January.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The Yale team also calculated a hypothetical carbon price on those emissions to see what effect that would have on the vehicle market. “A So, if we priced the carbon embodied in these processes, the expectation is that electric vehicles would be exorbitantly expensive. Source: Yale School of the Environment via Anthropocene.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

per cent of voters strike down federal government’s plans to hike taxes on petrol diesel, heating oil and natural gas. Urban regions including Geneva, Basel, and Zurich voted in favour of the so-called CO2 law, believed to be the first time a carbon tax has been put to a public vote, but 51.6 A thread of some observations.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Fair and efficient carbon pricing that encourages a shift from fossil fuels to green investment can help deliver a more resilient Covid-19 recovery, as well as raising up to £15bn a year in crucial revenues for the Treasury over the next decade, an LSE research paper claims.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The project is expected to create around 300 jobs during construction and generate more than $25 million in tax revenue over the first 25 years of the project’s life. “We want to be good stewards of our environment,” says Paul Fritsch, president at GCGV.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Our Requirements for a Transitional, Equitable Carbon Tax. Carbon Tax: A Transitional Revenue Source. Carbon taxes, like sales taxes, are regressive and require financial mitigation for people with lower incomes. Our Requirements for an Equitable Carbon Tax.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2021

The letter, signed by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment Rep. Y]ou spoke candidly about ExxonMobil’s current public support for a price on carbon as a mere publicity stunt. Well, we’re for a carbon tax,” McCoy said. Ro Khanna (D-CA), cites the Greenpeace investigation. “[Y]ou

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2021

Public Accounts Committee report warns Treasury and HMRC have limited understanding of how the tax system supports or hinders the UK’s environmental goals. It claims the two exchequer departments were not able to "explain clearly to us how the tax system is used in achieving the government's environmental goals".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But the support for decarbonisation came alongside a sweeping package of tax increases and spending cuts, including new taxes on electric vehicles, an extended windfall tax on renewables and nuclear power generators as well as oil and gas firms, and confirmation the Overseas Development Aid budget will not be returned to its 0.7

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

One of the UK’s most respected Local Government Associations is calling on the Netherlands Government to think twice before levying a €32 per tonne tax on the import of Refuse Derived Fuel RDF from 1st January 2020.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

Overhaul of the tax and VAT regime to help drive greener behaviours, products and services strongly favoured by poll respondents and citizen's jurors. Survey respondents also broadly backed greener a VAT, as well as taxes on carbon and material use, according to Green Alliance.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Major new poll reveals around 60 per cent of people support the principle of green taxes and want to see the government step up investment in support of climate action. There is overwhelming public support for the greening of the tax system, including taxing carbon intensive industries and activities, a new survey has found.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Ferrybridge power station: Promising locations might include existing projects with carbon capture and hydrogen production infrastructure. When choosing the location for a hydrogen hub, it is logical to look at existing low (or zero) carbon centres. The economic free zone concept presents the optimal model to create this environment.

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Charged

AUGUST 19, 2021

The company says the KOREPlex will achieve net zero carbon emissions thanks to strategic partnerships, solar generation and storage. KORE chose the Maricopa County site because of proximity to complementary industries such as e-mobility, solar, semiconductor and utilities, as well as the state’s tax and regulatory environment.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As such, New York supports the green business through green financing, grants, and tax credits. A significant factor explaining New York’s low carbon footprint is the city’s widespread use of public transport (an impressive 31% of residents commute using public services). The results are in! metric tons of C0 2e.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

That means the question of whether to repeal the Climate Commitment Act will head to the ballot this November , alongside two other initiatives: I-2109, which would repeal the capital gains tax, and I-2124, which would repeal long-term care insurance. We oppose the repeal of I-2117. Linkage won’t pass the environmental justice smell test.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2022

In our view, the most likely result will be simple, direct taxes on meat and animal products. Our latest research , published in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy , considered how an environmental tax on meat could work. There are several ways to do this, but each intervention poses its own difficulties. and £4.30

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

For too long, hard-pressed families and businesses have been shut out of the discussions around the environment, climate change and pollution. The environment, climate change, and pollution have been a significant and growing part of public discourse for well over a decade. So, here goes.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A new report has assessed the emissions reductions achieved by participants in the government’s primary climate tax incentive scheme. Businesses receiving tax benefits for taking climate action collectively slashed 6.6 Innovation is key, and the Environment Agency is here to support that through progressive regulation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

National Audit Office urges government to start measuring impacts of environmental taxes more closely in order to give Parliament a better idea of the role tax can play in meeting green goals. The climate change levy, carbon price support, and aggregates levy are yet to be subjected to similar inspection, it warns.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Carbon tax could generate £75bn by 2030 that could be investing into Covid-19 recovery efforts, emerging green technologies, and cushioning against any rise in household bills, campaign group argues. The ZeroC report contains detailed, thoughtful and pragmatic advice which the government would be well advised to heed.".

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Charged

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Now, as sales of PHEVs are surging in Europe, fueled by generous purchase subsidies and tax breaks, a series of tests commissioned by Transport & Environment confirms that emissions from the latest PHEVs are far greater than carmakers claim. Unless you drive them softly, carbon emissions can go off the charts.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

Per-mile road pricing and annual 'carbon budgets' among raft of proposals from think tank Bright Blue to make carbon taxes fair and effective. Significant reform is needed, but any changes must be accompanied by a plan to deal upfront with the political challenges that taxing carbon properly will create," said Buckland.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2022

A senior safety consultant has quit working with Shell after 11 years, accusing the fossil fuel producer in a bombshell public video of causing “extreme harms” to the environment. They know that continued oil and gas extraction causes extreme harms, to our climate, to our environment, and to people.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 10, 2022

DeeDee Baze, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER , decided to create a firm that would align with her values – to help women, to lower her carbon footprint , and to contribute to the greater good. This saves electricity and reduces Alphemita’s carbon footprint. ” – DeeDee Baze , CEO of Alphemita Financial Planning.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Tech giant also touts further carbon removal efforts, $50m innovation investment, an expanded carbon tax, and a new 'sustainability calculator' for customers. In addition, the firm announced it was investing $50m investment in Energy Impact Partners, a US venture capital firm that specialises in decarbonisation technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Parliamentary groups focused on energy and the environment received nearly £240,000 worth of support from think tanks backed by oil and gas companies in the past two years, DeSmog can report. These were the APPGs on Net Zero, Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide. They said the company does not operate fossil fuel power stations.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The Climate Change Act legalised the UK’s commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In

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