US subsidies

G20 member countries collectively allocated subsidies exceeding $ 3.3 billion to the oil, coal, gas and fossil fuel-based power generation sectors between 2015 and 2019, a level inconsistent with the ‘Paris Agreement. Pictured: San Juan Generating Station, one of 241 coal-fired power plants in the United States That’s according to …

The Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, became entrenched in the national safety net after a third U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding its constitutionality. As a result of the move, President Joe Biden’s administration and various states are looking to upgrade Medicaid, the federal state program that provides …

An effort to redress NB Power’s financial woes that is supposed to involve a review of “all options” will not include a review of the policy that requires the utility to subsidize electricity prices for six pulp mills. and New Brunswick papers, according to the Department of Natural Resources and …

The state government will subsidize the initial cost of electric vehicles (EVs) for first-time users by reimbursing the Goods and Services Tax (SGST) and extending a one-time incentive, based on the battery capacity of the EV sold. . See the pictures Government goal is to increase penetration and adoption of …

The Congressional Democrats’ $ 3.5 trillion budget plan would fund a sweeping transition to cleaner energy, but it is expected to meet opposition from parts of the energy industry and their industrial customers over provisions likely to increase their costs. The plan calls for paying cash to utilities that make …

July 17, 2021 IN AMERICA, IF you want to dominate an industry, you channel your inner Elon Musk and scream it out. But CATL, the Chinese company that makes batteries for some of Mr. Musk’s Tesla electric vehicles (VEs), is different. When your columnist first contacted him in 2017, the …

July 17, 2021 OLONG PTIMISTS hoped that China’s welcome into the global economy would make it a “responsible stakeholder” and lead to political reform. As president, Donald Trump called this weak. Today, Joe Biden converts Trumpian exaltation into a doctrine that pits America against China, a struggle between rival political …

3 Min reading The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Oceans, Peter Thomson, has urged states to end fisheries subsidies. Calling the $ 22 billion in funding for overfishing operations “madness,” Thomson said now is the time for countries to “do the right thing by the ocean”. During …

GARLAND, Texas – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – A $ 7,000 grant from the Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAP) of the Veritex Community Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) funded the replacement of a sewer line for an elderly couple from Garland, Texas. Tommy and Marylyn Wilkerson, …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state to be led by the Prime Minister’s party Narendra Modi to make such a proposal. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its 240 million …