climateanswers.info » climate change levy http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Carbon and energy taxes in Europe http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:31:05 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3958 The demand to ‘make the polluter pay’ by putting a price on the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced has been a major point of discussion and debate across Europe since the mid-1980s. This article summarises carbon and energy taxes existing in European countries and how effective they have been.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/feed/ 0 23 June 2010: UK Budget – hardly the “greenest ever” http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:13:44 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3776 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/feed/ 0 6 April 2010: The UK general election – climate and money http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-6-april-2010-the-uk-general-election/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-6-april-2010-the-uk-general-election/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:31:41 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3390 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-6-april-2010-the-uk-general-election/feed/ 0 9 December 2009: Small steps in the UK budget, much larger ones in the US http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:51:34 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2619 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/feed/ 0 26 October: Green tax shift could reduce emissions and create jobs http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/editorial-26-october-green-tax-shift-could-reduce-emissions-and-create-jobs/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/editorial-26-october-green-tax-shift-could-reduce-emissions-and-create-jobs/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:30:29 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2294 http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/editorial-26-october-green-tax-shift-could-reduce-emissions-and-create-jobs/feed/ 0 UK Budget 2009: Some good news for the climate from the UK http://climateanswers.info/2009/04/uk-budget-2009-some-good-news-for-the-climate-at-last/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/04/uk-budget-2009-some-good-news-for-the-climate-at-last/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:36:13 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=446 Despite the grim economic context, the UK Government managed to find some extra money to help control climate change. ]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/04/uk-budget-2009-some-good-news-for-the-climate-at-last/feed/ 0