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UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”. In 2008, 64% agreed with that; in 2007, 63%; and in 2006, 62% agreed. Increasing tax on gasoline was supported by 10% of respondents in 2009, lower than in 2006 (14%).

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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses

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Most Australians now agree our climate is changing, this is caused by carbon pollution, this has harmful effects on our environment and on the economy—and the Government should act. The first Australian Government to announce a plan for a carbon price was John Howard’s back in 2007. —Prime Minister Gillard.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Not since the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 has the United States government taken such bold action on the environment as it did with the passage and signing of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) earlier this month. And what about changes to the EV tax credit?

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Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

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And yet clean diesel, one of the cleanest choices for putting the US on the road to energy independence, hasn’t see any sort of incentive since the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. Do they get state or federal tax breaks? In fact in 6 of the states, diesel fuel is penalized with additional state taxes.

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PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). Californians clearly support policies to improve the environment. It is the ninth survey on the environment since 2000 and is part of an annual series conducted with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. For subgroups it is larger.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

One way we’re going to do them in is by taxing and regulating them to death. Also a new carbon tax on coal mining, a carbon tax on coal transporting, a carbon tax on burning coal, a carbon tax on any greenhouse gas emissions and a carbon tax on any waste from burning coal - all equal to an amount double the damage done.

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