Energy Subsidies
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Two-Year Lobby Campaign Produced U.S. Solar Tax Credit Extension
The effort behind the U.S. Congressional decision to reinstate the 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar energy systems dates back two years before ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesJobsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Time Running Out on British Columbia’s LNG Dream
British Columbia is running out of time on its promise to deliver significant investment in an emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, according to ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
‘Take Another Look at Solar’, Bush-Era Economist Urges Conservatives
There’s a conservative case to be made for solar energy subsidies, according to Vassar and Columbia behavioural economist Ben Ho, who served as lead ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJobsPost-Carbon Transition
Global Deal Goes Down to the Wire as Climate Hawks Dissect Draft Text
Negotiators were expected to work late into the night Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit, after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius released a ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Ontario Backs Electric Vehicles With Charging Stations
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne used the Paris climate summit as a stage to announce her province will spend $20 million of its recently announced ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Low-Profile Trade Deal Could Scuttle Clean Energy Support
All three North American governments, along with Europe, are in secret trade talks in Geneva that could handcuff their ability to induce a necessary ... -
Subsidies Mask the True Risk of Fossil Fuel Investments
Fossil fuel subsidies jeopardize private capital by masking the true risk of investing in potentially stranded assets, Carbon Tracker Initiative CEO Anthony Hobley said ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited StatesWater
TPP a ‘Dirty’ Deal for Climate: Sierra
Going through 6,000 pages of trade legalese—the contents of the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement released in October—is no easy task. The Sierra ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Sunset for Renewables Giant Abengoa?
While Spain pledged at the World Climate Summit in Paris to de-carbonize its national economy, its biggest renewable energy company, Abengoa S.A, is on ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsMiddle EastPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySolar
Dubai’s Goal: Solar on Every Rooftop by 2030
One of the world’s richest oil sheikdoms will spend billions of dollars to harvest solar energy. The sun-drenched Persian Gulf city-state of Dubai, with ... -
AustraliaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Communiqué Calls for End to Fossil Subsidies as Australia Declines to Sign
Prince Charles called on the world’s governments to abolish fossil fuel subsidies, at an event where New Zealand Prime Minister John Key formally presented ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Activists Hit the Streets Around the World for Climate Action
Climate activists reported that at least three-quarters of a million people around the world marked the opening of the Paris World Climate Summit on ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyUnited States
OECD Ends Export Credits for Most Coal Plants
Members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have agreed to eliminate most of their export financing for coal plants after a ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
UK Shuts Coal Plants by 2025 But Slashes Support for Renewables
The United Kingdom’s new “consumer-led, competition-focused” energy policy will see the country phase out all its coal plants by 2025, but replace their output ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable Energy
How India Can Become a Solar Superpower
With the the right policies, India could easily become a world leader in solar energy. India has taken on ambitious goals like meeting 40% ...
