British Drivers In Uproar Over EU Plans For Climate Taxes
British drivers face being hammered by taxes from Europe to pay for climate change policies. The plans include controversial road pricing and higher levies on fuel.A 99-page study commissioned by the European Union says “aggressive policy measures are vital in reducing transport emissions”. It favours imposing the same measures across the...
Hey Presto: Developed Nations Expect $30 Billion 'Fast-Track' Climate Fund
The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.Christiana Figueres says developing countries taking part in two days of talks on climate change financing this week expect the $30 billion "fast-track" package they...
Ben Pile: Lomborg’s Technology-Led Policy
Roger Pielke Jr has a post about Bjorn Lomborg’s apparent turnaround on the climate issue.Specifically, his proposal for a low (starting and rising) carbon tax to fund innovation comes directly from the work of Isabel Galiana and Chris Green (in the video above) of McGill University, written up for Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus...
Czech Government To Kill Solar Boom
The [Czech] government is currently weighing a draft amendment that would further limit the solar industry.Following recent reports that electricity prices in the country could go up significantly to pay for government solar subsidies, a number of government measures are in the works that would reign in the solar industry while meeting goals...
