The report describes how India, despite its poverty, has moved ahead with an initiative for raising money for energy research that the United States — thanks to a lack of leadership, congressional polarization and fear of anything remotely resembling a tax — has so far been unable to do: India has created a National Clean Energy Fund for research and innovation financed by a levy of $ 1.10 (U.S.) per metric ton of mined or imported coal. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
He also says the diversion of $ 175 million in clean energy funds into the state's general fund is a tax on the backs of ratepayers. (wshu.org)
A 200 - rupee tax on every ton of coal produced goes into a National Clean Energy Fund that now totals around $ 2.6 billion, but little of that has actually gone to developers and builders. (technologyreview.com)