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Auto stocks recover after Gadkari clarifies his '10% additional GST on diesel vehicles' comment
The auto index, Nifty Auto, recovered from its 400 point or approximately 2.5% fall after Union M…
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The US is under pressure to lead the way in reducing plastic pollution but it keeps making more of it
World leaders are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, and the US is under pressure to st…
Catherine Boudreau
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Here's an idea: a worldwide universal basic income paid for by a carbon tax. A study found that it could boost the global GDP by 130%.
A global universal basic income funded by carbon taxes could grow the global GDP by 130% while prom…
Katie Balevic
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New EV Policy: Elon Musk’s Tesla may soon enter India as import taxes slashed for electric vehicles
In what may come as a big boost to Tesla’s plans to enter India, the Indian government has announce…
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Sen. Ed Markey announces bill to raise taxes on private jets and their ultra-wealthy passengers
The Democrat wants to hike private jet-fuel taxes from $0.22 to $1.95 per gallon and use the revenu…
Eliza Relman
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The money of America's top 10% is causing almost half of US emissions. So tax it, researchers say.
"Super emitters" earn about $11 million a year. In 15 days, their income can generate as much emiss…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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Nitin Gadkari announces vehicle scrappage policy – lists out possible benefits on road tax, cheaper new cars and lower pollution
India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday, announced the vehicle scrappage policy in th…
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Inside the furious debate over New York City's new tax on drivers, which New Jersey Democrats are fighting against tooth and nail
Supporters of NYC's new driver tax say the MTA "bungled" the policy roll-out and stoked a massive o…
Eliza Relman
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A bank is letting 35,000 staff lease Teslas and hundreds of other electric cars as its latest perk
HSBC will let 35,000 UK staff lease Teslas, and nearly 200 other types of electric vehicles. It's p…
Stephen Jones
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Meet a Dallas business owner who fears her neighborhood is changing for the worse as big real-estate investors move in next door
Cindy Pedraza says her shop is hurting as developers buy up lots around her. "Every week, it's just…
Alcynna Lloyd
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The wealthy elite who gather in Davos to talk about saving the planet always ignore the best solution: paying more taxes
Economist Peter Goodman says Davos' promotion of "win-win solutions to every problem" is a "great w…
Paul Constant
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Elon Musk says 'do not worry too much' about methane, the gas used in SpaceX rocket fuel that accounts for 20% of global greenhouse emissions
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday that a carbon tax "is…
Hannah Towey
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Old vehicle owners may have to pay up to ₹3,800 per year as ‘Green tax’
If you own a vehicle older than 8 years in India, you will soon have to pay ‘Green tax’ to keep it.…
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Package deal: Businesses and environmental groups pushed for a Colorado tax that will fund recycling of bottles and containers
Colorado has become the third state to enact a law that will tax bottles, food wrappers, and other …