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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

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Last week (19 April), the UK Government ruled-out recommendations from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee to equalise VAT on public charging. [1] Plug-in grants will continue until at least 2025, however, for motorcycles, vans, taxis, trucks and wheelchair accessible vehicles.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

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Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. ‘Environment’ was a word that appeared more often in spelling contests than on the evening news. The cost of fossil-fuelled motoring, is going only one way – up. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. by Jack Rosebro. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE RULES IN INDIA: Everything That You Must Know

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With the increasing global concern over climate change and the need to transition towards cleaner and more sustainable modes of transportation, countries around the world have been formulating regulations to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Toll exemptions for EVs vary across states in India.

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US House Members Introduce Bipartisan Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG; Mirrors Murkowski Resolution

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When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Executive branch agencies, like EPA, carry out the laws passed by Congress.

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MIT study attributes > 50% of Li-ion rapid cost decline to investment in materials & chemistry R&D

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The cost of Li-ion batteries has plunged some 97% since their introduction three decades ago—a rate similar to the drop in solar panel prices. The researchers looked at academic articles, industry and government reports, press releases, specification sheets and legal filings, says MIT postdoc Micah Ziegler.

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