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VIDEO: Vodafone: No UK tax on 84bn sale
2013-09-02 10:29:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Vodafone says talks about the sale of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless of the US are "advanced" and it has put a value on the deal of $130bn (84bn).
$450/ha tax on deforestation could help curb forest loss in Bolivia, suggests new simulation
2013-09-01 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Levying a $450 per hectare tax on deforested lands could help curb forest clearing in Bolivia, suggests a new game-based simulation developed by researchers. The game, dubbed SimPachamama, allows a user to simulate the impact of various policies on local welfare and forest cover near the agricultural frontier in Bolivia. A statement from the game's developers explains: SimPachamama (Mother Earth simulation in local Aymara language) simulates the actions and behavior of villagers near the agricultural...
Virgin Australia posts $88 million loss, blames competition, restructuring cost and carbon tax
2013-09-01 09:27:34| Airlines - Topix.net
Major shareholders in Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., the country's No. 2 airline, have provided it with a line of credit after the carrier Friday reported a 98 million Australian dollar annual loss.
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Economic View: A Carbon Tax That America Could Live With
2013-09-01 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: THIS summer, the Obama administration released the President's Climate Action Plan. It is a grab bag of regulations and policy initiatives aimed at reducing the nation's carbon emissions, which many scientists believe contribute to global warming. This got me to thinking: What might I do to reduce my own carbon emissions? Here are some things I came up with. Think of them as Greg Mankiw's Climate Action Plan. " I could buy a smaller, more fuel-efficient car. " I could swap my traditional...
United Kingdom: Treasury confirms "secret meetings" with industry over shale gas tax breaks
2013-08-29 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Treasury officials have met with representatives of the shale gas industry to discuss the introduction of tax breaks at the rate of around twice a month since Chancellor George Osborne announced his intention to provide the nascent fossil fuel industry with one of the most generous tax regimes in the world. The revelation came in response to a freedom of information request from Friends of the Earth, although the Treasury failed to respond to accompanying requests on the nature of the meetings...
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