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May 13, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
🚨 NEW CARBON TAXES INCOMING 🚨

A LOT of countries have been making noises about introducing new or reformed carbon taxes 💷 of late. Including...THREAD. 1/6. AUSTRIA

Starting July 1, Austrians will pay a new #carbontax of 30 euros (approximately $33) per ton of CO2 — a cost that’s likely to be added to consumer bills by companies. That amounts to 55 euros ($60) per ton in 2025. 2/6.
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Apr 12, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
What should the Govt's #energysecuritystrategy have contained in terms of short-term help for people struggling with their bills? THREAD. 1/10. 1. Energy efficiency
With changes to supply taking years to deliver, measures to reduce demand could have been a short-term way to support families with the higher cost of energy. Energy efficiency measures would have made an esp large difference to low-income households...2/10.
Apr 11, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
It took a couple of weeks but we've (finally) finished reading @beisgovuk's long-awaited and extremely comprehensive consultation on developing the UK ETS.

Here are some headlines & reactions for those who don't quite have the band-width for the full 157 pages:

1/5. Disappointingly, the Govt is proposing a much more piecemeal increase in the scope of the #UKETS than first mooted - with expansion limited to the domestic shipping and waste sectors only...2/5.
Dec 22, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
We finally finished geeking out 🤓 on @hmtreasury's interim Net Zero Review report and thought it was worth a proper explainer 🗣️. With thanks to @ChiefExecCCC for summing things up better than we ever could 👌
Dec 21, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
Clumsy framing here 🤨, especially since our #netzero target is supposed to be legally binding... Instead of bemoaning #ClimateAction , @BBCEnvironment should be asking why so many campaigners feel compelled to mount #legal challenges against the #government. 1/4. THREAD. The action by @GoodLawProject, @TransportActio2 & @PlanB_earth isn't about 'hounding' the government' - it's about holding them to account when they make decisions that conflict with their own #climate commitments...2/4