N.W.T. premier says he wants complete carbon tax exemption for territory

Canada’s newest premier says that in an ideal world, Ottawa would provide his territory with a blanket exemption from the carbon tax. “I mean, ideally, a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for,” said R.J. Simpson, chosen this week as premier of the Northwest Territories, in an interview Sunday on Rosemary Barton … Read more

2023 set to be hottest year on record, UN says

The United Nations weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt and heat waves in the future. The World Meteorological Organization also warned that the average temperature for the year is up some 1.4 degrees C from … Read more

Taxation must be friendly for green energy: Razdan

NEW DELHI: Achieving the target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy is imminent, experts and industry leaders said at The Times of India’s Right To Excellence – Energy Summit 2023. They said the government and industry have stepped up their efforts to achieve the green energy target to reduce the country’s dependence on thermal … Read more