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A Q&A on a carbon tax versus cap-and-trade
Luca Taschini, Simon Dietz and Naomi Hicks of Grantham Research Institute recently provided a Q&A in the Guardian comparing a carbon tax against cap-and-trade. This is a useful article for all EiD...
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Renewable energy impact on European power prices
David Thorpe writes for Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) about how renewable energy output in Germany has had a positive affect in lowering European power prices recently. German renewable...
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Important new report on energy and competitiveness from eceee
On May 21st, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy published a discussion paper entitled “European competitiveness and energy efficiency: Focusing on the real issue”. So, what is the...
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New OECD book on carbon prices
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a book, titled ‘Effective Carbon Prices,’ which synthesizes a number of case studies on carbon prices in 15 selected...
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Energy prices in Europe will stay high
Barbara Lewis writes for the Reuter’s news service about the IEA’s chief economist, Fatih Birol, speaking in Brussels recently about a range of energy policy concerns. There are no signs of energy...
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Treading water?
A new survey in the UK found that that while many companies have invested in energy efficiency, the savings have been erased by the energy prices they are paying. Andrew Bounds writes in the FT about...
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The role of taxes in promoting sustainability
The International Institute for Sustainable Development wrote about a new report from the International Monetary Fund on the role of taxes to provide the right price signals to promote sustainability....
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An interesting reaction to low fuel prices
What do you do when energy prices fall? Binyamin Appelbaum writes an interesting article in the New York Times about the reaction of Americans that “don’t make much sense.” Is this your reaction too?...
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