European Taxpayers Fork Out €32 Billion A Year To Subsidize Polluting Company Cars
Six out of 10 cars sold in Europe are company cars, and almost all of these are diesel or petrol
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EU Recharges Climate Plan But Risks Letting Countries Off The Hook On Transport
Plans to increase the EU’s climate targets to achieve a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 have been welcomed by clean transport group Transport & Environment (T&E). The European Commission today indicated more ambitious CO2 reduction targets of -50% for new cars, a phase-out of engine cars, and action to start cleaning up ships and planes.
We’re All In This Together – We Need To Act Together
While we are trying to find the recipients for the trillions of dollars aimed at reviving an economy bashed by Covid-19, and trying especially hard to make sure that none of it goes to the undeserving, we might consider a way to use that money to go way beyond stimulating the economy to saving the world.
Coal & Gas Are Too Variable To Be Worth Considering
Solar and wind power are absolutely predictable when it comes to variable costs. By contrast, coal and gas power are altogether too variable to be reliable.
Clothing & Carbon Emissions — The Naked Truth
The MacArthur Foundation and fashion designer Stella McCartney are working to change attitudes about recycling clothing. They say the world throws away nearly a half trillion worth of clothes every year, leading to more carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
Economic Growth Has Decoupled From Carbon For Good
Economic advancement goes through stages: agriculturally dominated societies to industrially dominated societies to consumer and information worker societies. It’s typically only as the shift to the consumer and information worker societies occurs that significant negative externalities such as climate change and air pollution start to be truly addressed by most … [continued]
UK’s Green Economy Added £26.3 Billion To The Economy In 2012
New figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics shows that the country’s green industry added £26.3 billion to the economy and contributed 357,200 full-time jobs in 2012. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the £26.3 amounts to 1.6% of the country’s GDP, growing 1.5% since 2010 — but that growth … [continued]
Transition To A Green Economy In Africa
Responding to a strong perceived demand from governments for current information about a green economy Africa, the United Nations Environment Program reported Thursday from Nairobi on the power of green investments in the nations of Africa. Says one international expert in green economics, “The list of successful examples of green investments … [continued]
COP20 Delegates Focus On Green Climate Fund (VIDEO)
On Wednesday, the main discussion at the Lima UN COP20 meeting on climate change centered on financing mitigation and adaptation. Delegates discussed these agenda actions: Standing committee report on Finance, Financing of technology, Progress of the Green Climate Fund, and Long-term climate finance. Of the four, the Green Climate Fund … [continued]
Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week
This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the country’s … [continued]
