If we are to face up to such global environmental problems as those caused by greenhouse
gases in general and fossil combustion in particular, we will all, as the previous chapter …

Contemporary energy policy issues are dominated, directly and indirectly, by major
concerns at both local and global levels of environmental degradation arising from …

Abstract Recent World Bank analysis shows that taxes on petroleum products are a critical
source of government revenue for low-income countries. And if the experience of industrial …

In this paper we shall consider the likely impact of a carbon tax of the type proposed by the
EC (1990) on energy markets. There are a number of aspects involved in assessing such an …

Fuel taxation may become even a major source of state financing. The main finding of this
4th edition of the GTZ fuel price report is, that in countries like URUGUAY, ALBANIA, and …

Clearly, the controversial National Energy Program, introduced b Canada in October 1980,
is an attempt to attain the two major ob-efficiency and equity. In the Canadian context …

There has been a major shift in the world's energy environment. In just a short span of time
we have moved from a situation where energy supplies were plentiful and cheap to one in …

This chapter argues for imposing a globally uniform charge on all emissions of greenhouse
gases (GHGs), insofar as practicable. It will focus for concreteness on carbon dioxide, the …

NATURAL GAS is becoming an increasingly important fuel in developing countries. In the
decade from 1976 to 1986, annual gas consumption in the OECD fell from 823 billion cubic …

In the last decade the question of how to control air pollution has been an important
international issue. International agreements on reducing both emissions of sulphur dioxid …