Sentences with phrase «hidden subsidy»

The developments are likely to fuel concerns among the many environmental campaigners who oppose nuclear power that the industry has unfair access to the government, as well as benefiting from hidden subsidies.

I'll be getting into the hidden and not - so - hidden subsidies issue later this year.

There are of course many other measures which Liberal Democrats would like to see that would eliminate unnecessary Government spending: the elimination of hidden subsidies for new nuclear power stations, as specified in the Coalition Agreement, would be but one.

Everyone knows there are lots of hidden subsidies.

«The government must be up front about the support it is giving to nuclear and not hide subsidies in a one - size - fits - all design for long - term energy contracts,» Mr Yeo added.

The businesses owned by Berkshire Hathaway mostly receive hidden subsidies.

Meanwhile hidden subsidies to newspapers, totalling 188 million Euro in 2015, make them vulnerable to interference by any government.

I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act presents an excellent opportunity for policymakers to create a clearer and fairer system with fewer hidden subsidies and perverse incentives.

And this doesn't count hidden subsidies for oil and coal that many environmental groups and renewable - energy investors decry.]

(While sustainably generated electricity is sold at a higher price than fossil fuel generated electricity — and this is a form of subsidy — it does not receive the numerous hidden subsidies that fossil fuel power gets.)

They may, like China, engage in a host of illicit activities - pay - offs, piracy, hidden subsidies — to promote national champions.

Chris Huhne must stop the nuclear industry from benefiting from this hidden subsidy — and spend the money raised helping householders save energy and slash rising fuel bills.

The government's grandly entitled Electricity Market Reform turned out to be a mechanism to deliver a hidden subsidy for nuclear which they had given repeated assurances would never be provided from public funds,

«In a free - market economy, it makes sense to a lot of people when you say that not having a green tax is a hidden subsidy, and that's something that at least resonates among the more conservative economists,» Mena - Carrasco said.

It would bring an end to the hidden subsidy required to make ends meet.

Experts say the deeply embedded nature of hidden and not - so - hidden subsidies for the fuels of convenience, coal and oil, was built by both Democrats and Republicans.

Lovins said the reason for the decline is cost: on an even playing field with no hidden subsidies, nuclear is simply more expensive than other options, especially co-generation.

Concerning these externalities, some like the eco-businessman Paul Hawken argue an orthodox economic line that the only reason why goods produced unsustainably are usually cheaper than goods produced sustainably is due to a hidden subsidy, paid by the non-monetized human environment, community or future generations.

Without the hidden subsidies provided by defence lawyers, our court system would grind to a halt.

It will have freedom to correct market distortions, for example by allowing independent providers to charge a higher price if they are unable to access public sector pension schemes which may otherwise provide a hidden subsidy to public sector providers.