Tax on plastic shopping bags in Ireland pays rich dividends

It's bad news for coal exporters. Japan, one of the world's biggest coal importers, is considering a coal tax to encourage the use of cleaner fuels such as natural gas. Japanese ministry officials

Proposal to tax polluting vehicles in Andhra Pradesh even as petroleum ministry refuses it natural gas

soon motorists in Britain will be charged a congestion tax. The proposed tax aims to declog traffic and depollute the streets of London. Mayor Ken Livingstone said a daily charge of us $7

latvia has decided to push for a deal

One of the world s oldest refineries, Digboi, faces closure

The Union revenue secretary, S Narayan , has no clue as to how fiscal instruments are designed to balance revenue priorities and secure a clean environment to protect public health. Lopamudra Banerjee

From July 1, 2001, the Pakistan government will impose a pollution charge on all those who fail to comply to the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), said Omar Asghar Khan, the country's

austria's exhaust emissions have been reduced by 56 per cent from 1991 levels, claims the European Commission. This was possible due to a system of ecopoints for heavy-duty vehicles. The

Polluters in many advanced countries pay for the mess they make. India is still to wake up to such effective fiscal measures to control vehicular pollution