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

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 […]

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EU Has Right To Pass Carbon Price On To Oil Majors — Legal Analysis

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:30:22 +0000

For a fair and just environmental transition, the EU should pass on part of the carbon price for cars and homes to fuel suppliers rather than European households. The EU can legally require fuel suppliers to absorb part of the EU’s forthcoming carbon levy for buildings and road transport instead of passing the burden entirely […]

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The Wacky Untaxed World Of Jet Fuel Is Coming To An End

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:40:46 +0000

Electron Aviation Electron 5The emissions of aviation will be priced, the cost of aviation will go up, and that’s part of why my projection of aviation growth is flat through 2100.

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Airlines Call for End to Loopholes in Carbon Market & Back European Climate Measures

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:30:35 +0000

Airlines call for an end to loopholes in carbon marketFour airlines — easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2, and Wizz Air — together with clean mobility group T&E are calling for equal rules to apply to all flights departing from European airports, regardless of their destination, in order for European measures to effectively decarbonise the aviation industry by 2050. As part of its Fit for 55 package, […]

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Danish Climate Council Recommendations Hard To Swallow — Well, Of Course They Are

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:45:40 +0000

On March 9th, the Danish Climate Council presented a number of recommendations aimed at achieving Denmark’s 70% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2030. The transition requires both rapid implementations of known clean technologies as well as a long-term strategic effort. Is it going to be hard? Of course it is! Do we have to do it? Of course we do!

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Gas-Heavy ISO-New England Braces for Steep Influx of Wind, Solar, Storage

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:50:16 +0000

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While it is currently highly dependent on natural gas generation today, about 95% of ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) interconnection request queue—a proposed total capacity of 20.9 GW—comprises wind, solar, and battery projects. That clearly indicates that developers in New England’s wholesale market “are looking to take advantage of state incentives, declining technology costs, and revenues from […]

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How Should $10 Billion Be Spent To Defeat Climate Change?

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:49:49 +0000

US East CoastWhen I first read about the $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to fight climate change, my first thought was, “Where will it be spent?”

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Tesla Semis Are Cheaper Than Rail Enough Of The Time To Reshape Ground Freight

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:00:07 +0000

All transportation is electrifying. All transportation is moving to lower labor costs. All transportation is becoming more loosely coupled. All transportation is moving to lower carbon models. But the Tesla Semi is going to have a substantial advantage once it’s on the roads and for a decade after that

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Democratic Presidential Candidates On Climate & Energy — Pete Buttigieg & Elizabeth Warren

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:36:40 +0000

In the second half of this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan continues his discussion with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, about the climate action plans (and other political matters) of current presidential candidates. This second part of a two-part series spends a lot of time discussing Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and the evolution (or devolution) in the Democratic Party and Republican Party

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