Sentences with phrase «large public subsidies»

Many Western European countries are cutting back on such «renewables» because of popular opposition to the increased costs and financial problems caused by large public subsidies for «renewables.»

He went on to criticise the current government for not respecting theatre and said that any theatre that gets large public subsidies, such as The National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, should bring their prices down to become more accessible to future generations.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

The savings come from reduced costs for public assistance to low - wage workers — in effect a taxpayer subsidy to large low - wage employers — and increased tax payments by workers benefiting from the wage hike.

Hydro - Québec petitioned the Public Service Commission to allow large - scale and incremental new hydropower to get the same subsidies as new solar or wind projects but was rejected.

«Any time you have a large surviving employer in a depressed regional economy, it's very hard for public officials to say no,» said Greg LeRoy, executive director of subsidy research group Good Jobs First.

Iran's 2010 reform was welcomed by the IMF and, at least initially, by the Iranian public, while halving the world's largest energy - subsidy burden, valued at around $ 100 billion or a quarter of the 2010 gross domestic product.

A «triple subsidy,» say enviros The resulting data should help reassure state public utility commissions — which have rejected many large projects out of cost concerns — about the viability and accuracy of the technology, Finley said.

Since 2000 Germany's solar industry has enjoyed generous public subsidies that have transformed it into the world's largest solar market.

But it could appeal to large numbers of students and be offered at such a low cost that it could be affordable even to low - income families without needing public subsidy or adoption by the public school system.

Such tactics in Australia will only result in the lessening of political and public support for the large subsidies from electrical consumers which are required to keep the wind industry operating.

Savings from reduced consumer and producer subsidies can be used for large ‐ scale renewables, energy efficiency and public transport systems, and, in developing countries, toward the rural poor, through for instance cleaner cooking and lighting such as distributed renewables and clean cook stoves.

Through their raw economic clout, transnational corporations (TNCs) are using government officials, public relations firms and the major media to insist that «free market» economics is good for us - even as they hoard taxpayer subsidies and merge into ever - larger businesses to weaken market...» Read more

It is worth the reminder that China ranked only second to Germany as the largest public investor in cleantech in 2007, according to a much - circulated basis, and its domestic solar market will benefit from very recently announced solar subsidies for roof top solar applications (see previous post).

The rationing system would have to be accompanied by a large, subsidized system to encourage improvements in home appliance efficiency and insulation, in public transportation, and in special subsidies during extreme weather conditions (to buy more «icecaps», not to exceed their ration).

The fact is that over the last five years, wind power has added more new electric generating capacity in the USA than coal and nuclear combined — in spite of the fact that both coal and nuclear have enjoyed large, and permanent public subsidies, while subsidies for wind have been small, short - term and therefore unreliable.

The High Court has already distinguished YL and held that many registered social landlords, in receipt of a large element of public subsidy and used as a means of achieving governmental policy in relation to affordable housing, are, in allocating and managing social housing, exercising public functions.