Sentences with phrase «efficient emissions pricing»

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«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

Incorporating a pricing mechanism into our climate policy would likely be more efficient at driving down greenhouse gas emissions at a lower cost than the current policy of regulating such emissions under the Clean Air Act.

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Strengths of this model include fuel - efficient large vehicle, plush, comfortable interior, top - tier safety, Quiet, supple ride, back seat space, and loaded with convenience and tech features All prices plus tax, license, $ 80 documentation fee and and emission testing fees.

With gas prices ever rising and concerns about emissions becoming more and more dire, it's no wonder many more automakers are choosing to outfit their vehicles with aerodynamic designs, efficient engines, and advanced fuel - saving technology to help take some of the bite out of those stops at the pump.

The U.S. experience suggests that a more efficient gas market, marked by flexible pricing and fueled by indigenous unconventional resources that are produced sustainably, can reduce coal use, CO2 emissions and consumers» electricity bills, without harming energy security.

IGCC plants should benefit from carbon pricing as they generate more power per ton of emission than a less efficient plant.

Carbon pricing continues to reveal itself as an effective, efficient means to lower emissions; new data shows that UK's carbon price has greatly reduced local coal consumption, and may result in decreasing fracked gas use too.

Carbon Clampdown: Closing the gap to a Paris compliant EU - ETS, warns that, in order to put EU emissions on a path consistent with international climate targets, the price of traded carbon allowances, known as EUAs, would have to rise to levels that would make even the most efficient coal and lignite power plants unprofitable.

Edahiro says for Japan to achieve this, almost all new and existing equipment will have to be highly efficient, and Japan will have to reduce its economic activity by setting a price for carbon, either through a carbon tax or emissions trading.

A transparent price on emissions incentivizes low carbon consumer and business choices, accelerates the commercialization of low - carbon technologies — and is the most efficient way to fight climate change.

Cheaper natural gas has pushed out older, less - efficient coal and oil generation; however, the region's increasing overreliance on natural gas will provide few additional emissions benefits and increases risks of price volatility or supply disruption.

However even without a carbon price (the most efficient way to reduce economy - wide emissions) wind energy is 14 % cheaper than new coal and 18 % cheaper than new gas.»

«Extending carbon pricing economy - wide, through a carbon - fee - and - rebate system, is the most effective, efficient, and fair way to make up the shortfall, to reduce emissions and strengthen the economy.»

Carbon pricing achieves emission reductions at the lowest overall cost to society (i.e., it is economically efficient).

«A price floor could prove to be an efficient fix for the European Union's current Emissions Trading System surplus problems.»

The most efficient carbon price is almost certainly a pure carbon emissions tax applied on all emissions in the economy, with revenue recycled through reductions in the most distortionary taxes in the economy — the so - called double dividend.

Discounted global abatement costs are anything from about 30 to 400 percent higher than under globally efficient pricing in most cases, and near - and medium - term emissions prices can be ten times larger with China's accession delayed until 2035.

Compared with the globally efficient policy (with a globally harmonized emissions price at all times), near - term emissions prices in developed countries rise from between a few percent and 100 percent under the different scenarios, and discounted global abatement costs are higher by about 10 to 70 percent.

In addition the report says countries must adopt policies that put a price on carbon emissions and provide incentives to spur the development of energy - efficient technologies.

Making CFLs, tubelights and other efficient lighting systems accessible to the poor by massive price reduction and prohibiting the sale of inefficient lights like incandescent bulbs, could cut these emissions by 95 million tonnes - that's a 5 % reduction of overall annual emissions.

The problem of course is that a price on carbon and emissions trading, while being cost effective and efficient for business, will have little if any effect on absolute greenhouse emissions.

Congestion charges — whether in London or Stockholm or Singapore — have proven to be among the most effective and efficient Pigovian taxes (i.e., taxes on negative externalities) yet created to put a clear and fair price on greenhouse gas emissions.

That is why economists across the political spectrum support an efficient market - based solution that would impose an economy - wide price on carbon dioxide emissions.

Experts suggest that a carbon tax will produce the most efficient carbon reductions throughout the economy — whether from electricity production or transportation — because as a uniform price on CO2 emissions, the tax is the same regardless of source of the emissions.

The substantial conclusion of that report was that «Finally, many studies have found that the most reliable and efficient way to achieve given climate - change objectives is to use direct tax or regulatory policies that create a market price for CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions».

The most cost - efficient way to choose options for emissions reductions is to ensure that investors in energy infrastructure, public or private, face a price for each tonne of carbon they emit, and earn a return for each tonne they prevent.

A transparent price on emissions incentivizes low - carbon consumer and business choices, accelerates the commercialization of low - carbon technologies, and is the most efficient way to fight climate change.

If I understand correctly, the SCC is not the price increase that would be required to deliver a given reduction in emissions, because the mechanisms (ETS or carbon tax) would not be 100 % efficient.

The problem with just giving out licenses is that it doesn't send the full price signal through the full economy — it could make a sector more emissions - efficient but might miss the opportunity to make the whole economy more efficiently use that sector.

Even if it's not considered as cool to ride an electric bus than to drive a Tesla, buses are much more efficient in not only the utilization of space on the road, but also in terms of fuel - efficiency (as measured in Person - Miles Per Gallon (PMPG)-RRB-, so with a switch to electric buses, which are less susceptible to volatile fuel prices and have lower maintenance costs, cities can actually save energy and money while reducing emissions.

Repairs to firehouses, police precincts, city offices and courthouses, along with purchases of more fuel efficient vehicles will also help reduce emissions Regarding the price tag for these efforts, the mayor said that the city should break even on its conservation investments by 2013.

However his estimates for carbon payments for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) program could offset the lost profits from palm oil production, at prices of $ 10 - 33 per tonne of CO2, or $ 2 - 16 per tonne if forest conservation targets only cost - efficient areas.

And increasingly businesses [see the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing] are putting an internal price on carbon emissions, which is a great way to identify and channel investment to drive down greenhouse gas emissions in most efficient way.