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- COMMISSION SEEKS STUDY ON TAX MEASURES RELATED TO CO2 EMISSIONS FROM CARS.
- The European Commission's Environment Directorate-General has issued a call for tenders for a study on the fiscal measures related to the emission of carbon dioxide from cars (Official Journal of the European Communities No S 104 of 31.05.2000, p 36) The European Commission's Environment Directorate-General has...
- Research articles 2000-06-16
- European Commission investigates Swedish plans to grant CO2 tax exemptions to companies
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-8 November 2006-European Commission investigates Swedish plans to grant CO2 tax exemptions to companiesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
- Research articles 2006-11-08
- At Deadline.(Late News)
- Policy group assails Duke's CO2 tax plan A nonpartisan public policy group has come out strongly against Duke Energy Corp.'s call for a tax on carbon dioxide emissions that would reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gases. ...
- Research articles 2005-04-11
- IEA MINISTERS IN FAVOUR OF NEW ENERGY TAXES
- Energy Ministers from 23 member countries of the International Energy Agency IEA expressed their concern on June 3 with the increase in CO2 emissions, considering that it was time to introduce taxes for polluters to pay. IEA experts reckon that CO2 eEnergy Ministers from 23 member countries...
- Research articles 1993-06-06
- VW Chief Calls for CO2 Tax Breaks for "Second-Generation" Biofuels Including BTL Fuel
- Volkswagen chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder on September 7 called on politicians to "develop a sustainable tax model" for "second-generation" biofuels that would replace today's inefficient "first-generation" ethanol and biodie Volkswagen chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder on September 7 called on politicians to "develop a sustainable tax model" for "second-generation" biofuels that would replace...
- Research articles 2006-09-15
- VW Chief Calls for CO2 Tax Breaks for Second-Generation Biofuels
- Volkswagen chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder on September 7 called on politicians to develop a sustainable tax model for second-generation biofuels that would replace today's inefficient first-generation ethanol and biodiesel fuels based on corn, soybeans, raVolkswagen chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder on September 7 called on politicians to develop a sustainable tax model for...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
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- Cap and Trade: What It Will Cost You
- Depending on who's counting, the new bill in Congress will raise your energy costs between $175 and $3,100 per year. The good news: It's likely to be closer to the low end. Oddly, that's also the bad news. ...
- Articles 2009-07-22
- An Affordable Truth
- The NYT has an article by Paul Krugman on the cost of switching to clean energy - An Affordable Truth.Maybe I'm naïve, but I'm feeling optimistic about the climate talks starting in Copenhagen on Monday. President Obama now plans to address the conference on its last day, which suggests that...
- News items 2009-12-08
- Airlines' concerns grow of global tax support
- Some of the world's leading airlines are becoming increasingly concerned the summit will back a global aviation tax to help poorer nations combat climate change. Although detailed funding decisions are not expected to be finalised at the Copenhagen summit, several aviation tax options have stayed in the official negotiating text....
- News items 2009-12-06
- Europol: $7.4 Billion Lost from Carbon Trading Fraud in Europe
- Europol, the European Union's law enforcement arm against organized crime, announced on Wednesday that carbon-trading fraud has cost the bloc's governments $7.4 billion in lost tax revenue over the past 18 months. Four member countries have changed their tax codes to protect against a recurrence, the agency said. The fraud...
- News items 2009-12-10
- How effective are carbon taxes?
- "The impact on atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases by 2010 is almost negligible." This is the conclusion of the International Energy Agency on the imposition of an OECD carbon tax of $300 Per tonne of carbon emitted. The, IEA compares the growth rate of...
- Research articles 1994-04-01
- European airlines angered by EU 'CO2 tax'
- BRUSSELS AFP — European airlines complained Friday that new EU rules on carbon dioxide emissions will cost them 4.8 billion euros (7.6 billion dollars) a year and threaten their future. Under an agreement reached Thursday, the European Union will set quotas on carbon dioxide, the main gas that causes...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- Week in Oil & Gas: Boxer-Kerry Bill, EPA Emissions Rules, and China's Oil Grab Efforts
- Greenhouse gas emissions dominated headlines throughout the week with the introduction of legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and another government agency jumping into propose its own rules for industrial facilities. The Senate -- via co-sponsors Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass. -- introduced its...
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Carbon offsets: Self–imposed tax for guilt–ridden polluters
- PARIS AFP — Hunting for a present for a pair of environmentally-sensitive newlyweds? Try this: a "just married" voucher worth 180 euros (234 dollars)... in carbon offsets. Smaller than a toaster but more meaningful, this piece of paper will compensate for nine tonnes of perilous, climate-damaging carbon dioxide (CO2)....
- Research articles 2007-01-31
- France, Britain "completely Aligned" on Banker Tax
- BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - Britain and France joined forces at a European Union summit on Thursday to demand that bankers' bonuses be taxed heavily and Germany called for solidarity with Greece over a mounting debt problem.A British spokesman said Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had agreed...
- News items 2009-12-17
- ENERGY/CO2 TAX: EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY COMPANIES CONFIRM OPPOSITION TO TAX
- Summary: Eleven European electricity companies* have reaffirmed their opposition to the European Commission's proposals for an energy/CO2 tax and suggested alternative measures which they claim would prove more cost-effective in limiting carbon dioxide emissions. Their proposal supports that presented to the Commission in April by...
- Research articles 1993-07-20
- CO2 TAX: ELECTRICITY GROUPS PRESENT UNITED FRONT AT UNCED AGAINST
- ECO-TAX Summary: The international representative bodies for the electricity industry joined forces at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNCED to fight the idea of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and wasteful use of energy as proposed by the European Commission...
- Research articles 1992-06-19
- MEPS CONCERNED AT C02/ENERGY TAX STALEMATE
- The stalemate over the proposed tax on carbon dioxide emissions and wasteful use of energy is causing concern within the European Parliament's Committee on Energy, Research and Technology CERT. Members of the CERT said as much on this and other energy matters during an exchange of...
- Research articles 1994-02-15
- EUROGAS REACTS TO UNCED AND CO2 TAX
- The European natural gas industry, through its mouthpiece Eurogas, has delivered a veiled criticism of the European Commission's strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In a statement released on June 24 in "the wake of the UNCED conference", Eurogas says any such action should be...
- Research articles 1992-06-06
- ENERGY TAX: GULF STATES THREATEN RETALIATION
- Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council states should put up oil prices or boycott European oil production in protest against the EC's controversial plans to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and energy use, a member of the United Arab Emirates Oil Ministry has urged. ...
- Research articles 1992-10-09
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