For instance,
removing subsidies means that the switch to modern fuels may become out of reach for many poor people, the results show.
However,
simply removing subsidies alone fails to reduce environmental harm, and incentives for better farming practices are still required.
We work with governments and partners to
help remove subsidies that work against sustainable development.
NLC spokesman Mr Uyot told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme there was no room for dialogue with the government, which has said it will spend the money saved by
removing the subsidy on improving the country's erratic electricity supply, as well as on health and education.
Health Minister Sussan Ley has confirmed the Federal Government is looking at
removing subsidies from over-the-counter medicines like paracetamol, aspirin, and antacids that can be bought wi... Read more
The largest effects
of removing subsidies were found in areas that export oil and gas, such as Russia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa.
Removing subsidies in richer oil and gas exporting regions would therefore provide significantly greater emissions savings and have a less detrimental impact on the poor.
First I am happy you have learnt that Jonathan sought to increase pump price in order to
remove subsidy while Buhari actually increased it as a remedy to his self inflicted confusionist fantsay of N1 to $ 1.
«We're happy that this moves things forward toward a solution that is market based, and that
removes the subsidies currently being paid by our customers who don't have rooftop solar,» Hall said.
In recent weeks he's been talking tough
about removing subsidies for the oil industry, a good idea that many of us will work hard to achieve — but so far he hasn't mentioned by far the most important subsidy, the fact that unlike every other industry fossil fuel gets to dump its main waste product, carbon, into the atmosphere for free.
Yes, the U.S. carriers are
now removing subsidies but you can still finance a phone for zero money down and pay monthly installments.
Pending legislation in Congress would require children to be eligible for CCDBG for 12 months at a time, which would substantially improve the program for children, families, and providers if states implement this correctly and do not
remove a subsidy prior to the eligibility period.
A typical example is the fuel subsidy crisis last January, when the government wanted to
remove the subsidy on fuel and re-channel the savings to develop other sectors of the economy.
Half of China coal use is outside of the power sector, especially in heavy industry, which has reduced its coal use as exports fell in 2014 and government policies to
remove subsidies from heavy industry took hold.
Developing economies which are not major oil and gas exporters would generally experience much smaller effects
of removing the subsidies.
Congressman Dave Camp (R - MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a tax reform bill earlier this week that
removed all subsidies for oil, gas, coal, renewables and other energy technologies.
«This provides a unique political opportunity to
remove subsidies in countries where it will have the largest effect on emissions and the smallest impact on the poor.»
Several governments attempted to
remove the subsidy but met strong resistance from the public.
If the govt decides to
remove subsidies, the poor people depending on the subsidies won't vote for the govt.
«As much as I will say, the senate has not come up with a position on that (subsidy removal); if you we are going to
remove subsidy or increase Value Added Tax (TAX), we must strike a balance.
The governor said he was expecting the reactions of those who vehemently opposed the attempt of former President Goodluck Jonathan to
remove subsidy.
The House passed a CR last night or today that would have delayed the individual mandate for 1 year and
removed subsidies for congressional staffers, white house staffers, etc if they purchase health insurance through exchanges.
Several previous governments have tried to
remove the subsidy but have backed down in the face of widespread public protests and reduced it instead.
Remove the Subsidy and you will reduce Boko Haram to very few villages that will be very easy to manage.
Between 2013 and 2015, we had to take certain measures that were difficult, we needed to
remove subsidies, inflation went up, the cedi had problems.
A scheme being trialed in India, for example,
removed subsidies on cooking gas in general but continues to support the poorest households through rebates.»
When
you remove the subsidy press option, you are left with two good choices: taking the traditional approach and publishing through an established publishing company, or self - publishing your book yourself.
Furthermore, if the Administration is confident that renewable energy is affordable, it should be willing to
remove the subsidies for all energy sources to see how competitive renewables are in the marketplace.
SBSTA should ensure its reporting guidelines for biennial reports include guidance to report on the existence of and efforts to
remove these subsidies, to facilitate the removal of these harmful subsidies.
Savings made by governments from
removing subsidies to fossil fuels can be redirected or swapped to help fund a clean and just energy transition.»
Remove the subsidies for renewable energy.
Removing the subsidies and applying a carbon tax would «level the playing field».
Now, it would be nice if we could
remove all subsidies of wind, coal, etc. so that costs could be assessed on an equal footing.
Governments can certainly help a lot - one of the best thing they could do is
remove subsidies, direct and indirect, for fossil fuels - but they can't do it all.
My hope is that victories like this one will help build the momentum to generate the kind of people power necessary to move the needle on comprehensive climate policy — policy that prices carbon,
removes subsidies for oil companies, and encourages clean energy development.
It removes subsidies that keep federal flood insurance premiums artificially low for more than a million policy holders around the country — a discount that was applied to properties that existed before the drawing of flood insurance rate maps.
Removing the subsidies would tend to make America stronger economically, especially, the household economies of lower and middle - income Americans.