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Research Briefing
Climate change levy
The climate change levy was introduced in April 2001, charged on electricity, gas, liquefied petroleum gas and solid fuels, when supplied to business. This note gives a short history of the levy, and the impact it has had in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Research Briefing
Landfill communities fund
Landfill tax is charged on waste disposed at landfill sites. Site operators may fund local community environmental projects, under a scheme allowing them to offset this investment against their tax liability, up to a specified limit. This note gives a short history of the scheme.
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Research Briefing
Landfill tax : introduction & early history
Landfill tax was introduced on 1 October 1996: this country's first tax with an explicit environmental purpose. This note discusses the background to the tax's introduction. Two other notes look at recent developments concerning the tax, and at the landfill tax community fund - a tax credit scheme to reduce the environmental impact of landfill sites.
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Research Briefing
Biochar and climate change
This note briefly introduces biochar as a measure to tackle climate change.
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Research Briefing
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report. Bill 137 2008-09.
The Bill would set up a new Marine Management Organisation (MMO); streamline marine licensing; introduce marine planning; reform fisheries management; provide for Marine Conservation Zones; and enable the creation of a route around the English coast.
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Research Briefing
Sugar
This note covers EU support for sugar producers and preferential arrangements for imports from certain poor countries
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Research Briefing
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]
The Bill covers a broad range of marine issues and would: (1) set up a new Marine Management Organisation (MMO) under which many of the existing, diverse areas of marine regulation would be centralised; (2) streamline the existing marine licensing system and provide powers to create a joined up marine planning policy; (3) introduce new measures to reform fisheries management; (4) provide a framework for establishing marine conservation zones; and, (5) enable the creation of a route around the English coast.
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Research Briefing
Fish farming
This note covers some issues - including environmental concern - relating mainly to salmon farming in Scotland but also cod and tuna farming
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Research Briefing
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
This note discusses the stricter rules on farming practices and the use of nitrates resulting from belated implementation of an EU Directive
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Research Briefing
The Renewable Energy Strategy
The UK has a provisional EU target for 15% of energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. This note details the Government's proposals to meet this target.
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Research Briefing
Waste Incineration
This note provides a short overview of the issues surrounding the incineration of waste. The Library research paper Waste Incineration from 2002 provides further detail.
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Research Briefing
Registration of Town and Village Greens
This note describes how town or village greens may be registered.
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