https://news.mongabay.com/list/carbon-tax/ Environmental science and conservation news Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:54:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png https://news.mongabay.com/list/carbon-tax/ 32 32 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/oil-surge-sharpens-calls-for-indonesia-to-shift-away-from-fossil-fuels/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/oil-surge-sharpens-calls-for-indonesia-to-shift-away-from-fossil-fuels/#respond 01 Apr 2026 03:23:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=316691 - Analysts say the crisis underscores the need to accelerate renewable energy development, which could reduce exposure to volatile global markets and improve long-term economic stability.
- Despite this, the government is also boosting coal output and exploring expanded biofuel use — moves that critics warn could undermine climate goals and create new environmental risks.
- Civil society groups are calling for windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies to fund a just energy transition, arguing current policies risk deepening inequality and dependence on extractive industries.
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- However, experts and studies point out that the biggest contributor to the city’s dire air quality isn’t vehicle emissions, but the burning of straw for brick kilns.
- They also warn that abruptly slashing the city’s bus fleet would severely impact residents, for whom the bus network is the main mode of transportation.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/not-so-fast-experts-warn-as-dhaka-tries-to-clear-the-air-with-car-tax-and-bus-ban/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-269891 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/economists-conservationists-political-leaders-urge-adoption-of-carbon-tax-to-halt-tropical-deforestation/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/economists-conservationists-political-leaders-urge-adoption-of-carbon-tax-to-halt-tropical-deforestation/#respond 13 Feb 2020 17:34:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=227135 - The authors of the piece include Edward B. Barbier, a distinguished professor of economics at Colorado State University in the US; Ricardo Lozano, Colombia’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development; Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment and Energy; and Sebastian Troëng, executive vice-president of US-based NGO Conservation International.
- “Tropical deforestation and land-use change must be halted to safeguard the climate and global biodiversity,” the authors write in Nature. “The widespread adoption of a tropical carbon tax is a practical way forward.”
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/economists-conservationists-political-leaders-urge-adoption-of-carbon-tax-to-halt-tropical-deforestation/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-227135 https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/facing-resource-crisis-indonesia-charts-a-green-development-course/ https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/facing-resource-crisis-indonesia-charts-a-green-development-course/#respond 19 Jun 2018 11:50:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=207349 - Under the new plan, the government hopes to keep future development projects within the limits of the country’s ecological “carrying capacity” of fast-depleting natural resources.
- The green development plan also aims to attract green investment, which is crucial if the country wants to meet its stated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 29 percent by 2030 from the business-as-usual scenario.
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