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JULY 10, 2011

The price ceiling will be set at A$20 above the expected international price and will rise by 5% in real terms each year. Transport fuels will be excluded from the carbon pricing mechanism. However, where applicable, an equivalent carbon price will be applied through changes in fuel tax credits or excise.

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Tax Credit Fuel Tax Carbon Australia 199

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

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JULY 1, 2013

measures such as standards, taxation or infrastructure development—consistent with the long-term objective. Adequacy requires the measures, in their entirety, to have the potential to meet the target while neither undermining the internal market for transport nor its affordability.

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Emissions Transportation Standards Climate Change 210

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APRIL 10, 2009

The obvious one is increased fuel taxes, but somehow governments need to make sure the benefits of better technology aren’t wiped out by increased demand for lower-priced fuel. Click to enlarge. Jos Dings, T&E Director. The report only assesses the impact of European legislation. The most constrained scenario represents a 0.9%

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Oil Standards Price Oil Prices 150

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JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —David McCollum.

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Carbon Market Alternative Fuels Vehicles 231

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

IEA fuel economy readiness index status, 2010. New propulsion systems requiring new fuels, such as plug-in electric vehicle systems and fuel cell systems, are beyond the scope of this technology roadmap and are treated in separate roadmaps. Source: Policy package. Click to enlarge. Technology Roadmap.

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Fuel Economy Fuel Transportation Engine 236

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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. Source: Morrow et al.

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Tax Credit Tax Emissions Fuel 220