User:John Cummings/Articles/Fossil fuel subsidies in the United Kingdom
subsidies taking the form of
tax cuts
In ??? was the only G7 country to increase fossil fuel subsidies
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/12/uk-breaks-pledge-to-become-only-g7-country-increase-fossil-fuel-subsidies
every year since 2009 the G20 has committed to phase out fossil fuels
The UK is the only
Comparison with renewable energy subsidies
Subsidies take the form of
pre tax subsidies tax cuts post-tax energy subsidies, arising from consumer prices being below supply costs and both a tax to reflect environmental damage and a tax applied to goods to raise government revenues.
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=42940.0
subsidies of different fuels
coal oil gas hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking
Reasons for fossil fuel subsidies
Comparison with renewable energy subsidies
[edit]Sources
[edit]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxCix52dXw
http://www.ewea.org/blog/2013/04/global-fossil-fuel-subsidies-amount-to-1-9-trillion-imf/
http://www.carbonbrief.org/uk-fossil-fuel-support-increased-by-500-million-says-oecd
http://www.desmog.uk/2015/11/12/uk-government-has-ramped-fossil-fuel-subsidies-nearly-6-billion-year
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9245.pdf
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/8668.pdf
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27142377
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Types of fossil fuel subsidies
[edit]Activities
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[edit]Unpriced externaliites NHS
The UK government only recognises ??? as subsidies
IMF Definition
Recipients
[edit]non British companies
subsidy of externalities
investments
Relevance of fossil subsidies in the United Kingdom
[edit]Compatibility with climate change commitments
Leave it in the ground
Subsidies for exploration
History of fossil fuel subsidies in the United Kingdom
[edit]Comparison with renewable energy subsidies