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MPs slam Treasury’s defence of its green taxes

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Environmental Audit Committee criticises Treasury's slow and incomplete response to Budget 2011 and environmental taxes report

06 Feb 2012

UN calls for global transformation to drive sustainable development

Africa after the rain

Removal of fossil fuel subsidies, carbon pricing and new international sustainability commission top of report's action list

30 Jan 2012

Mixed messages dim Chinese carbon tax prospects

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Senior official signals support for carbon tax, but warns that integrating it with carbon trading plans could be complicated

12 Jan 2012

Reports: China to tax carbon emissions by 2015

State media suggests Beijing is poised to levy a charge on large consumers of coal, crude oil and natural gas

05 Jan 2012

Japan extends tax breaks for green cars through to 2015

Government confirms popular tax breaks will continue past next April

14 Dec 2011

Lord Stern: rich nations should stop subsidising fossil fuel industry

Rich economies disadvantage green economy by giving tax breaks, loans and other subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

08 Dec 2011

Durban negotiators plan to tap shipping for $100bn climate fund

Draft document floats proposal for shipping carbon levy to help finance Green Climate Fund

06 Dec 2011

Green business concessions sneak into Osborne's Autumn Statement

Measures to drive investment, boost manufacturing, and £200m support for Green Deal announced, although green groups left unimpressed

29 Nov 2011

Smoke, mirrors and the changing definition of "green taxes"

Alan Whitehead MP investigates the government's definition of what constitutes a green tax

24 Nov 2011

Yeo urges Chancellor to defy calls to scrap Air Passenger Duty

Chair of Energy and Climate Committee says the tax could be used to encourage compliance with EU efforts to cut aviation emissions

24 Nov 2011

Record petrol prices and some inconvenient truths

Should someone tell fuel protesters that one of the points of fuel duty is to encourage people to drive less?

15 Nov 2011

Report warns carbon floor price will destroy UK coal industry

Failure of coal industry could have severe implications for carbon capture and storage in the UK, think-tank says

15 Nov 2011

Scots and Treasury resolve £200m fossil fuel levy spat

Chancellor confirms £100m will support Scottish renewables with remaining £100m going towards Green Investment Bank

11 Nov 2011

Solar war escalates as US says it will investigate alleged Chinese dumping

Commerce Department confirms it will investigate whether to impose import tariffs on cheap Chinese solar panels

10 Nov 2011

EU finance ministers confirm €7.2bn climate financing

But green campaigners warn development aid has simply been repackaged as climate aid

09 Nov 2011

Senate grants final approval for Australian carbon tax

Gillard: 'Today Australia has a price on carbon as the law of our land'

08 Nov 2011

Official: Climate Change Agreements are working

Majority of energy-intensive firms with CCA agreements met efficiency targets, cutting emissions by 29 million tonnes

02 Nov 2011

Carbon tax opposition promises years of uncertainty for Australia's green investors

Opposition leader makes 'blood oath' to repeal controversial carbon tax

01 Nov 2011

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