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A Renewable Crisis
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2000
It has shaken the confidence of the new Europe. Oil crisesfuel shortagesstreet blockades and protests that had become commonplace during the 1970s oil shortagehave come back to haunt Europe once again.
Singapore: Breathing Easy
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2000
Peak hour traffic scenario in India is a cartoonist's delight. Hassled motorists, rivers of sweat streaming down their forehead, accusing each other for lack of traffic sense in loud voices toned by the honking of a thousand horns. This is not so in Singapore. It is almost legendary now that one of Asia's wealthiest cities has one of the calmest traffic, too.
Climate lectures don't make lessons
@sunitanar Issue Date: Feb 28, 2009
There was a jamboree in my town recently, a gathering of the powerful and famous, to discuss the climate change agreement the world must carve out in Copenhagen by end 2009. But what happened was rather discomforting: We Indians were publicly lectured, castigated and rapped on our knuckles for being bad boys and girls by one and all. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon told us developing countries must make more efforts to address climate change and get on-board with industrialized world for solutions.
British Columbia gets consumer-based carbon tax
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2008
For the first time in North America, the Canadian province of British Columbia has introduced a consumer-based tax on carbon emissions.
In Short - News
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2008
environment cess: The Delhi
government has decided to levy an environment cess on diesel fuel at the rate of 25 paisa per litre. The revenue from the cess will be used to
create a fund to finance clean air action plan in Delhi. The cess is expected to generate a fund of around Rs 48 crore. The decision comes in the
wake of strong pubic concerns about rising numbers of diesel vehicles and diesel-related pollutants in Delhi's ambient air. Despite the proposed cess,
London to hike congestion tax
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2007
the congestion tax in London may soon get heavier. Under the existing system, those driving into central London pay 8 ( us $16.4) per day.
France for a green revolution
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2007
Wrapping up an environmental policy conference in the last week of October, president of France Nicolas Sarkozy announced a 'green revolution' for the country. Endorsing a raft of proposals chalked out during the meeting, Sarkozy said that the measures would put the country "in the vanguard of the war against global warming".
UK mulls new flight tax
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2007
the uk government is considering replacing the controversial air passenger duty with a tax based on flights rather
than passengers. During pre-budget review proposals, the uk government said that it would do away with its air
passenger duty (apd) from November 2009 and replace it with new taxes on airlines based on each plane they
fly.
Sub-committee's report to frame water policy for industries
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2007
"bottled water and soft drinks industry should be charged higher water-cess". This was among a series of
recommendations issued by a sub committee to frame a water policy for industries. The sub committee was formed by the groundwater recharge
council.
The sub-committee stresses on the importance of locating industries based on their consumption capacity and water availability. The report has also
recommended that rainwater harvesting be made mandatory within the catchment, upstream of industries, in addition to within factory premises. On
Netherlands to tax polluting cars
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2007
The Netherlands recently announced its plans to cut co2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. To achieve the target, it has proposed that an additional tax be imposed on cars that exceed the permissible limit of co2 emissions.
