Are climate change policies politically costly?
Are policies designed to avert climate change (Climate Change Policies, or CCPs) politically costly? Using data on governmental popular support and the OECD’s Environmental Stringency Index, find that
Emission Tax
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Babus say executing order an uphill task
NEW DELHI: Delhi government may have welcomed the Supreme Court's order to levy a pollution fee on non-destined commercial vehicles going through the state, but officials admit that implementation by this
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Environment charges on vehicles from November 1
Charges on vehicles entering Delhi operative for four months on experimental basis, says Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Monday ordered imposition of ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ to the tune of Rs
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Manali taxi drivers oppose green cess, blame global warming
Manali’s tourist taxi operators invoked ‘Black Carbon Theory,’ global warming and the Indian middle class idea of an annual holiday at the picturesque Himalayan hill station to successfully get the Supreme
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Fiscal instruments for low carbon transport in Chennai
This paper examines the feasibility of implementing a congestion tax for the city of Chennai in the State of Tamil Nadu. Based on secondary data, it calculates the time cost, fuel cost and cost of emissions
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World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change, PwC report finds
The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this century,
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Tax hike for car owners: SC seeks govt response
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Delhi government on a plea to levy higher tax on car owners and making diesel-run cars more expensive. The plea, moved by amicus curiae and senior advocate
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India, US dig in against EU air carbon charge
European Commission last week proposed to make all airlines pay for emissions over European airspace. India voiced firm opposition on Tuesday to EU plans to impose a scaled-back carbon charge on flights
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Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Urban air pollution is set to
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Market-based climate mitigation policies in emerging economies
Used by governments for decades, market-based policies are mechanisms to control environmental pollution at various leverage points. They work by changing relative prices – raising the cost of emissions-intensive
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Carmakers want tougher emission norms, not new tax
New Delhi: Is diesel really dirty? Is slapping a green tax on vehicles that run on the fuel the right way to control air pollution and smog in and around the national capital? It’s true pollution and