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Cementing Coal Power Phaseout, Germany Sets Out to Shutter 40% of Current Generation Mix

January 30, 2020 admin affordability, Business, carbon emissions, climate change, Coal, coal phase-out, Environmental, federal cabinet, Fuel, Gas, GERMANY, International, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear phase out, reliability, Renewables, rwe, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:19:43 +0000

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Germany’s federal cabinet on Jan. 29 approved a nationwide phaseout of coal power generation by 2038, paving the way for the country, which has already initiated a nuclear phaseout, to rely even more heavily on renewables. The federal cabinet’s approval of the “Reduction and Termination of Coal Power Generation” (Gesetz zur Reduzierung und zur Beendigung der […]

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Dan Fumano: Fight to reveal secret Little Mountain sale deal coming to city hall

January 27, 2020 admin affordability, City Hall, housing, local news, Real Estate, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:36:49 +0000

Vancouver councillor says: “It’s really critical for us to rebuild trust in government in order to really tackle the housing crisis, and so transparency and accountability matter a lot.”

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Dan Fumano: Fight to reveal secret Little Mountain sale deal coming to city hall

January 27, 2020 admin affordability, City Hall, housing, local news, Real Estate, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:36:49 +0000

Vancouver councillor says: “It’s really critical for us to rebuild trust in government in order to really tackle the housing crisis, and so transparency and accountability matter a lot.”

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Dan Fumano: Fight to reveal secret Little Mountain sale deal coming to city hall

January 27, 2020 admin affordability, City Hall, housing, local news, Real Estate, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:36:49 +0000

Vancouver councillor says: “It’s really critical for us to rebuild trust in government in order to really tackle the housing crisis, and so transparency and accountability matter a lot.”

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Alex Hemingway: Property taxes in Vancouver fuel inequality and speculation

December 6, 2019 admin affordability, housing, Op-Ed

Credit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:00:57 +0000

Opinion: We’ve designed our property tax system to pretend that hundreds of billions of dollars in land wealth doesn’t exist.

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Vancouver collects $40 million in empty homes tax revenue

November 21, 2019 admin affordability, British Columbia, buying & selling, condos, local news, Real Estate, rental market, vacancy tax, vancouver

Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:54:42 +0000

“For those who choose to keep their properties unoccupied, we appreciate their contributions to the funds that are supporting various, much-needed affordable housing initiatives across the city,” says Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart.

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Metro Vancouver addresses housing crisis in 10-year plan

November 9, 2019 admin affordability, housing, local news, metro vancouver

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 20:24:22 +0000

Metro Vancouver has a 10-year plan to help tackle the region’s housing crisis. Under the framework, released earlier this week, the region said it will invest $190 million in affordable housing over the next decade. Broken down, the region says $90 million will go to renewing existing housing while $100 million will be earmarked for […]

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