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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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JULY 10, 2011

Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia’s carbon pricing plan—a core element in a new clean energy plan—in a short address to the nation. The Government intends to introduce legislation to underpin the carbon pricing mechanism into Parliament in the second half of 2011. Click to enlarge.

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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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MAY 28, 2021

CO 2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). Flying on a private jet is probably the worst thing you can do for the environment.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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APRIL 21, 2022

While Russia holds significant leverage in influencing oil and gas prices, it pales in comparison to China’s position in several strategic industries critical to the energy transition, says report author Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and materials at the Baker Institute. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. Tax rates were below the low-end estimate of climate costs (EUR 30/tCO 2 ) for 97% of emissions. The report assesses the magnitude and coverage of taxes on energy use in 2015, and considers change between 2012 and 2015.

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Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

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MARCH 8, 2010

A new study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger challenge than many assume, and will require substantially higher fuel prices combined with more stringent regulations. —Morrow et al.

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Belfer Center report calls for policymakers to begin taking steps to change policies for funding US transportation infrastructure

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A more effective policy would rely on specific taxes and subsidies targeted directly at achieving specific environmental, energy and agricultural policy goals, according to the study. Foremost among those findings is that a quantity-based biofuel mandate is superior to a price-based consumption subsidy. de Gorter and Just.

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Study finds driving restriction policy in Beijing has short-term benefits, but almost half of regulated car owners break the rules

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

The study, published by Environment for Development (EfD) and Resources for the Future (RFF), used household survey and travel diary data to analyze the short-term effect of the driving restriction policy on individual mode choice. to relieve this city from these negative externalities. —Wang et al.

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GFEI report suggests $2T savings from fuel economy improvements in ICE vehicles through 2025 can help fund long-term transition to plug-ins

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

While this would be paid back by fuel savings, Fulton assues that to sell the cars, the full $500 billion would need to be offered as incentives to prospective buyers. Over the same time frame, drivers of conventional cars will save about $2 trillion net from fuel economy improvements, or roughly $2,000 per vehicle. per liter ($0.26/gallon

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Study Finds That CO2 Standards for Vehicles Can Reduce Price of Oil

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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Global Fuel Economy Initiative Releases Roadmap Report on Achieving 50% Fuel Economy Improvement in LDV Fleet by 2050

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MARCH 6, 2009

Reasons for this consumer reluctance adduced by the report include: Many technologies that can improve fuel economy can instead be used to increase the power of vehicles, a traditionally strong selling point for cars. The report cites a number of policy options to support achieving the goal, including: Fuel economy or CO 2 emission standards.

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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APRIL 22, 2021

The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy coordinated the report’s policy management, and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change led the study’s equity and environmental justice research. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. Corridor congestion pricing and high occupancy toll lanes.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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AUGUST 20, 2022

Another barrier to the adoption of EVs is the price, which is largely a function of the cost of the batteries, which make the purchase price 25 to 70 percent higher than that of an equivalent conventional vehicle. Governments have offered subsidies or tax rebates to make EVs more appealing, a policy which the U.S.

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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

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

Belfer Center report calls for policymakers to begin taking steps to change policies for funding US transportation infrastructure

Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

Study finds driving restriction policy in Beijing has short-term benefits, but almost half of regulated car owners break the rules

GFEI report suggests $2T savings from fuel economy improvements in ICE vehicles through 2025 can help fund long-term transition to plug-ins

Study Finds That CO2 Standards for Vehicles Can Reduce Price of Oil

Global Fuel Economy Initiative Releases Roadmap Report on Achieving 50% Fuel Economy Improvement in LDV Fleet by 2050

UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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