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Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

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Sterner is also the editor of the new book Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy , authored by 35 researchers. The researchers studied data from 25 different countries to investigate the concern that gasoline taxes affect poor people the most.

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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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fuel taxes increased between 2012 and 2015 in some large countries, and first steps towards removing lower tax rates on diesel compared to gasoline are taken, but apart from that there are no signs that the polluter pays principle determines the energy tax landscape more strongly in 2015 than in 2012. of emissions.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Public Policy: National governments including China, the UK, France, the Netherlands and India have stated the intention to phase out the internal combustion engine. The growth of ZEVs represents a potential drain on motor vehicle fuel taxes, which could affect state transportation revenue. million ZEVs on the road by 2025.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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The United States works with China, India, and other countries that currently rely heavily on coal for power generation to advance the development and deployment of cleaner coal technologies. Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Fuels Heavy-duty Policy'

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