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Dave Vetter
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Climate journo currently at the University of Oxford studying climate, sustainability and circular economies. Also at ProjectMushroom
Reminder: fossil gas - which is what's causing energy prices to spike - is *exempt* from Jeremy Hunt's windfall energy tax scheme.
https://utilityweek.co.uk/fossil-fuel-exemption-from-generator-levy-branded-inexplicable/
https://utilityweek.co.uk/fossil-fuel-exemption-from-generator-levy-branded-inexplicable/
Gas exemption from generator levy branded 'inexplicable' - Utility Week
The government has justified exempting fossil fuelled-fired plants from its new windfall profits tax on generators, which one critic has branded “inexplicable”, amidst widespread concerns that the new levy will damage investment in UK renewable energy. A technical note setting out the details of the new Electricity Generator Levy, published by the Treasury on Thursday (17 November) alongside the chancellor of the exchequer’s Autumn Statement, confirms that the new tax will apply to nuclear, renewable and biomass electricity generation.
The end of renewables in the UK?
Chris Caldwell, CEO of United Renewables, looks at what Jeremy Hunt's changes mean for the UK energy sector - and it's brutal.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6999715624889278464
Among the highlights:
"Jeremy Hunt’s first budget imposed a whopping 45% windfall taxes on renewables. This compares to the 35% imposed on the oil & gas sector ...
"So, huge disincentives to new renewables and a huge incentive to investment in additional fossil fuel extraction."
People complained about The Hell Site, but it was, in the main, a global public good; an uncommon commons. And it took just one hollow, preening conman to trash it in service to his eggshell-thin ego.
Billionaires make the world a worse place; no exceptions.
Twitter will be missed.
Billionaires make the world a worse place; no exceptions.
Twitter will be missed.
NEW: Lula delivers a rousing COP moment as he pledges to protect the Amazon. My first story for a long while (thanks to all this Oxford malarky) and my first posted to Mastodon!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2022/11/16/brazil-is-back-lula-tells-cop27-in-vow-to-protect-amazon-rainforest/?sh=3805815774ce
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2022/11/16/brazil-is-back-lula-tells-cop27-in-vow-to-protect-amazon-rainforest/?sh=3805815774ce
‘Brazil Is Back’ Lula Tells COP27, In Vow To Protect Amazon Rainforest
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivered a stand-out moment at the COP27 climate summit on Wednesday, when he pledged to protect his nation’s portion of the Amazon rainforest and reverse the destructive policies of his predecessor.