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Sudan's Plans to 'Lift Subsidies' Meet Fierce Resistance
2013-09-13 16:41:37| Sugar Industry News
Khartoum Kamal Omar, the media official for the National Consensus Forces Alliance (NCFA) has described the Khartoum regime as "corrupt and tyrannical", stressing that "the primary goal of lifting the subsidies on fuel and other basic commodities is to finance the wars of the Khartoum regime in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile state".
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G-20 to Phase Out Super Greenhouse Gas, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
2013-09-06 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Transcending their disagreements over Syrian chemical weapons, the G-20 leaders managed to reach agreement on confronting climate change in two ways. They will phase down refrigerant greenhouse gases and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. In the St. Petersburg Declaration released today at the close of the summit, the G-20 leaders state, "Climate change will continue to have a significant impact on the world economy, and cost will be higher to the extent we delay additional actions."...
Malaysia cuts subsidies on fuel
2013-09-03 03:57:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Malaysia cuts fuel subsidies for the first time in more than two years as it tries to cut its budget deficit.
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EU's Oettinger warns against Germany cutting renewable subsidies
2013-08-26 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany should not introduce cuts to already guaranteed renewable subsidies, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said, adding such a move would seriously hurt investor confidence. Political parties and energy groups are all in favor of reforming Germany's renewables law, a step likely to be taken after next month's general elections, but concrete proposals have been scarce. Investors have repeatedly warned that cuts in already agreed renewable subsidies, which are guaranteed over...
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United Kingdom: Government to withdraw subsidies for unsustainable biomass
2013-08-22 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Biomass electricity generators could risk losing government subsidies if they fail to prove their fuel has come from sources that have been officially certified as "sustainable", under new plans announced today. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker today unveiled new sustainability criteria for wood-fuel, which aim to ensure any fuel used delivers lifecycle carbon emissions savings of more than 70 per cent compared to coal and oil. The criteria are due to come into effect from 2014 for the vast...
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