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United Kingdom: 250 onshore windfarms will be scrapped as taxpayer subsidies axed
2015-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: She said about 2,500 proposed turbines in 250 projects are now unlikely to be built. The Renewables Obligation subsidy for new onshore wind farms is being scrapped a year early from April next year. Ms Rudd said this would save consumers cash by avoiding a surplus of state-funded windfarms and by helping newer green technologies compete. Ms Rudd, who has also announced plans to give local communities the final say over windfarms, said: We are reaching the limits of what is affordable, and what...
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US Burned $20M in Taxpayer Money on Unused Incinerators in Afghanistan
2015-02-13 16:26:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/">ABC News</a> U.S. military bases in Afghanistan spent over $20 million of taxpayer money on incinerators for waste disposal which were never used, according to the final assessment of incinerators and burn pits by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). read more
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Tax system has to be friendly to taxpayer: Jaitley
2014-11-28 06:28:52| Telecom - Topix.net
India is moving towards a tax-friendly regime to erase the "bad name" it has earned over the years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday. "Our tax system has to be friendly with tax payers and that is what we are trying to do step by step," he said, replying to a debate on tax evasion and black money in the Lok Sabha.
Government Subsidizes Fossil Fuel Industry With $20+ Billion in Taxpayer Money Each Year
2014-07-09 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Oil Change International released a comprehensive report today on fossil fuel exploration and production subsidies in the U.S.--Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies Under Obama--which demonstrates that at a time when we need urgent action on climate change, the U.S. government is channeling huge and growing amounts of money to increasing discovery and production of oil, gas and coal. These federal and state subsidies totaled $21.6 billion in 2013. Subsidies that...
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Taxpayer funded sugar tax lobbyists 'refuse transparency'
2014-06-20 09:19:56| Sugar Industry News
The Taxpayers\' Union is slamming a group of public health campaigners running a consultation process\' on sugar taxes and limitations on sugary drinks for claiming official endorsement while at the same time refusing to adhere to the Official Information Act on privacy grounds.