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Šemeta to outline plans for carbon and fuel taxes, while businesses are concerned about impact on trade. The European Commission will renew its bid for EU-wide carbon taxes...

The US's failure to take action on climate change is another guarantee that emerging markets will be hard-wired to intensive use of coal – and that severer climate change...

Andrés Jonathan Drew finds lessons from the EU's emissions trading scheme – and from Voltaire – for US legislators. Voltaire famously stated that “the best can...

Differing fuel-tax rates are damaging Europe's economy and its efforts to curb climate change. In mid-June, your front-page story declared “Commission to relaunch talks on...

Commission delays publication of subsidy plans for the coal industry. The European Commission has delayed publishing proposals to extend subsidies for the coal industry...

Proposal back on the agenda despite strong opposition from some member states. The European Commission will start discussions next Wednesday (23 June) on imposing a minimum...

Electing European commissioners will not necessarily improve Europe's long-term prospects. Take Angela Merkel and Jerzy Buzek, respectively the chancellor of Germany and the...

An EU-wide carbon tax is back on the agenda, but the Union must do more to realise its green ambitions. In Brussels no idea ever truly dies. Policy proposals linger in desk...

New commission set to present draft legislation on carbon tax next month. Algirdas Šemeta, the new European commissioner for taxation, is planning to propose a minimum rate...

Why the EU needs a commissioner dedicated to responding to climate change. Our response to climate change – probably the most pressing policy challenge we face – needs...

Plans to amend existing EU legislation are set to face opposition from some member states. The European Commission confirmed today that it would be proposing an EU-wide levy...

Commission wants a minimum tax on carbon but proposal would need backing from Council. The European Commission is pressing ahead with controversial plans for an EU-wide...

Heavy industry in line for special help to stop production moving abroad because of climate-change targets. Some of Europe's most polluting industries are in line for...

Green taxes seemed to be a thing of the past, but they are becoming popular again. Tax or trade? A few years ago this was the dividing line over how to curb greenhouse gas...

A global carbon market would be much more effective in reducing emissions than a series of regional systems hampered by protectionism. When you are in a hole, stop digging....

Report by the European Commission argues that reduced energy consumption could lower governments' tax revenues and highlights risk of 'carbon leakage'. A report due to be...

The price of carbon will measure the success of the Commission's energy strategy, writes Jennifer Rankin. When the European Commission published its climate and renewable...

The European Commission yesterday (23 January) unveiled a package of draft laws which, if approved by member states, will lead to major energy and industrial realignments in...

The European Union's efforts to go green risk job losses, business and unions have claimed in the run-up to the publication of a package of draft energy laws. The European...

EU ministers are set to reject plans put forward by the European Commission to replace car registration tax with a tax based on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The...