Sentences with phrase «of subsidy reform»

In contrast, research sponsored by the industry has found the effects of subsidy reform on U.S. oil production to be much higher, on the order of 15 %.

The report also presents a Subsidy Reform Case, which assumes complete removal of fossil fuel subsidies in APEC by 2025, in order to see the impact of subsidy reform on the regional energy demand and CO2 emissions.

The advantage of subsidy reform are significant and varied: appropriate energy prices would reduce global carbon emissions in 2013 by 21 % and fuel - related air pollution deaths by 55 %, while simultaneously boosting extra revenue of 4 % of global GDP and increasing social welfare by 2.2 % of global GDP.

Not exact matches

I didn't attend the speech, but to judge from the PowerPoint slides that accompanied it, he began by extolling the virtues of the law he enacted in the Bay State when he was governor — market reforms coupled with mandates and a subsidy for premiums.

Those exchanges, a pillar of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, are being set up to enroll uninsured people, many of whom will receive government subsidies to purchase insurance from companies that choose to sell plans through the marketplaces.

Although the final tax reform policy keeps the subsidies in place, some market analysts have grown concerned that these developments — as well as regulatory hurdles for new wind projects — will prohibit or slow the rate of deployment of renewable energy by utilities in the U.S.

The progress India has made in cutting back costly government subsidies on items such as fuel is a prime example of the advances being made in structural reforms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Canada was responsible for enforcing lumber restrictions, while provincial governments were expected to make reforms to remove any form of subsidies on the good.

President Trump is starting to do the things that many of the people worried about before he got elected (tax reform convinced many that he would not ruffle markets): Amazon under pressure as the White House is Tweeting up a storm about the company ripping off the USPS and not paying enough taxes — Today, Pres Trump said the US is giving a subsidy to Amazon — He noted that the company has the money to pay for additional USPS shipping rates; — Commented that the post office continues to lose «billions» due to Amazon.

Wealth begins with land and people and land reforms should be the cynosure of food self - sufficiency but the Bank - Fund duo demand cut in subsidies, liberalization of land ownership and undemocratic measures without any socialist tinge.

One of the reform proposals most hotly debated in the Senate, but ultimately defeated, was the Lugar - Lautenberg Amendment, which would have shifted subsidies to fruit and vegetable growers and cut overall spending on subsidies in order to shift money to conservation, biofuel and nutrition programs.

He therefore called for ongoing CAP reform health check discussions between the industry and agriculture ministers to find the best way forward for a softer landing ahead of the schemes 2015 deadline to cut subsidies.

He therefore called for ongoing discussions over the CAP reform health check between industry and agricultural ministers to find the best way forward for a softer landing ahead of the schemes 2015 deadline to cut subsidies.

«In 2012, the government reformed the HRA subsidy system so councils keep all the rents they collect from their homes, and receipts from sales of houses or land, giving them the freedom to invest them in building new homes.»

He will note that last year, the EU made tackling poverty in Africa a priority, but warn that many of its policies - in particular the failure to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP) of farm subsidies - are actually making poverty worse.

The price of what small sums will be given to Ukraine from the EU or, more likely the IMF, will be systemic reform — energy price rises, the ending of state subsidies for industries, and the cutting of state social benefits (among others), all of which will be politically catastrophic for whatever government introduces them.

Other reforms include changes to the governor's START - UP NY program, the creation of a database to track subsidies and regulatory reforms.

In Maximum Republic I argue that this requires reform of the systems of communication, subsidy and credit, among other things.

Meanwhile at home, the prime minister has been accused of surrendering the rebate secured by Margaret Thatcher in 1984, without corresponding reform of agricultural subsidies.

Under Cuomo, the PSC has undertaken an ambitious reimagining of the utility industry, called Reforming the Energy Vision, has backed subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and has set up a ratepayer - funded program to invest in clean energy technology.

Proposed reforms would have restored the Comptroller's independent oversight powers to review contracts before they are finalized, corralled unaccountable, state controlled not - for - profits, and created a «Database of Deals» for billions in state subsidies to businesses.

(Posted 24 December 2011) Significant current scandals, and those yet to come In no particular order Top salaries and bonuses - boardroom and shareholder individual responsibility The multiple between top and average pay Lawyers fees - the cost of the legal process Medical negligence claims against the NHS Care and treatment in the NHS «No win, no fee» personal injury compensation Democracy and the voting system Lords reform Political party funding The domestic energy market and pricing The Tax system and its inefficiencies and complexities Subsidies for new energy generation schemes The amount of crime fuelled by Drugs The availability of drugs in prison.

The councilmember from the 8th Council District, which includes part of the south Bronx, will talk with host Gary Axelbank about a range of crime and policing issues, including the notion of decriminalizing low - level crimes, policing reforms, and the request for 1,000 more cops, as well as Bronx developments, including the Harlem River waterfront, Jerome Avenue Study, FreshDirect relocation subsidies, and housing.

Committee backers have received over $ 1 billion in economic development subsidies from an out - of - control and unaccountable system which the Cuomo administration has declined to reform.

Committee backers, including the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and the Partnership for New York City, benefit from a range of policies continued, implemented, or proposed by the Cuomo administration, including low corporate tax rates, subsidies, pension reform, and real estate development plans.

She told the committee she supports different contracting reforms, including the creation of a «Database of Deals» that would allow the public to see the total value of all subsidies awarded to different businesses.

But good - government groups insist there needs to be broader, more independent reforms, including the creation of a database of subsidies published online, empowering the state comptroller to review all contracts worth more than $ 250,000, and ending the awarding of government economic development incentives by SUNY.

We recently announced a radical programme of rail reform — aimed at tackling fares, subsidy and performance — and, in the summer, we'll announce the next set of investment plans for rail.

It will be recalled that the Federal Government, had alleged that the former Governor and two others for diverted the sum of N9.79 bn, part of which was meant for police reform programme and Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.

He'll also, again, have to confront an inevitable chorus of advocates (including some elected lawmakers) to reform the systems of lobbying, campaign finance and economic development subsidies that made the alleged schemes possible.

In 2015, the de Blasio administration worked to significantly reform the 421 - a law to increase the amount of affordable housing required of every developer receiving the subsidy, require affordability for lower incomes than ever before, and demand affordable housing everywhere in the City.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

The prosecution accused the defendants of diverting the sum of N9, 791,602,453.8, part of which was meant for police reform and the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.

, counting state and local sources like industrial development agencies, the Citizens Budget Commission has estimated — and suggest that consolidation of state subsidy programs seems a more likely reform, for now, than retrenchment.

The welfare reform - which the government refers to as the «spare room subsidy» - is the subject of an Opposition Day debate in the House of Commons.

While the entire system of grants, subsidies, tax loopholes and other incentives need to be reformed, a line item that needs to be looked into is funding for energy research, which accounts for 9 billion dollars.

«We've secured a strong new program with most of the reforms we sought: requiring affordable housing in every corner of the city, doubling the number of affordable apartments produced, and slashing the subsidy per apartment dramatically,» de Blasio said.

Although we also want to reform the Union with English votes for English laws or some version of it and a radical pruning of the subsidy to Scotland.

A study of survival rates in trauma patients following health insurance reform in Massachusetts found a passing increase in adjusted mortality rates, an unexpected finding suggesting that simply providing insurance incentives and subsidies may not improve survival for trauma patients, according to a report published online by JAMA Surgery.

Reform of energy subsidies in oil - exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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.

The paper reviews the record of energy - subsidy reforms and argues that big exporters should reduce energy demand by raising prices, and that this can be done without undermining legitimacy of governments that depend on subsidies for political support.

Krane said the most encouraging example of reform efforts is that of Iran, the first country in the world to replace major subsidies with a universal cash transfer program for households.

They need to tackle difficult policy issues, such as development of water markets and pricing, expansion of water efficiency and productivity programs, elimination of government subsidies that encourage inefficient or unproductive water use by cities and farms, and agricultural reform.

Subsidy reform boosts revenue in India, Indonesia Phil Sharp, a former 10 - term congressman from Indiana and current president of the economic think tank Resources for the Future, said such critical examinations of energy subsidies and their broad societal effects are helpful in keeping the issue «out front» with policymakers.

While the analysis did not examine secondary effects of subsidies, Gaspar said the results are «qualitatively robust» and allow experts to «safely conclude that energy subsidies are very large and their reform will generate substantial benefits» for both governments and the people they represent.

Less commonly, countries spoke of reducing the use of inefficient coal - fired power plants, lowering methane emissions from oil and gas production, reforming fossil fuel subsidies, and carbon pricing, the report says.

Rih's new dude is Saudi heir Hassan Jameel — he's a PRINCE of Saudi Saudi Arabia has introduced new reforms to cut subsidies and perks to the royal family, as well as introducing VAT, to help cope with a huge budget deficit

At the same time business has become an influential advocate for school reform, Robert B. Reich, a prominent political economist at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, argues in The Work of Nations, it has quietly worked to procure subsidies and tax breaks from state and local governments.

On the opening day of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21), New Zealand Prime Minister John Key formally presented the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Communiqué to Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on behalf of the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group and other supporters of the Communiqué.