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Is emissions trading reducing appeal of ‘green taxes’?
The idea of ‘green taxation’ appears to be losing
popularity, and the growing appeal of emissions trading may be responsible. The EU’s statistical office Eurostat says green taxes measured as a proportion of GDP fell to an eight-year low of
2.5% in 2007, with taxation on transport accounting for just a quarter of that.
Neither left nor right relish the thought of a reverse ice age
Editorial by Jos Dings
Brussels is gearing up for a new five-year term of the European Parliament and a new Commission. The first lines are becoming clear.
Climate department proposed
The Commission is considering setting up a new energy and climate directorate to take over the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and international climate strategy.
Environment groups: European Commission off target
The environmental record of the outgoing European Commission is worryingly off target, the ‘Green 10’ coalition of leading environmental organisations said today in Brussels. Environmental groups published an assessment of the Barroso Commission, giving it an overall mark of 4.4/10.
Parliament calls for 80% emissions cut
MEPs considering the Commission’s second strategic energy review have called for an 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Budapest wins European Mobility Week Award 2008
Budapest today won the 2008 European Mobility Week Award. The Hungarian capital was judged by an independent panel of experts to have done the most to raise public awareness of air pollution from traffic and promote cleaner alternatives during European Mobility Week.
Stockholm and Hamburg win first European Green Capital awards
Stockholm and Hamburg were today named as the first winners of the new European Green Capital award. The Swedish capital will be the European Green Capital in 2010 followed by Hamburg in 2011.
Parliament climate warning
The European Parliament's temporary committee on climate change has ended its work with a warning that global warming 'is both more rapid and more serious' than previously thought.
Controversial new Commission environment boss
The new head of the Commission’s environment directorate is expected to be the German, Karl Falkenberg.