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Environmentalists: Nice But Wrong?

28 November 2007

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists: Nice But Wrong?

28 November 2007

A recent IEA student/teachers’ workshop featured sessions led by Dr Mark Pennington on “Environmentalists: Nice but Wrong?”; Dr Stephen Davies … Continue reading

Over-regulation of water to blame for rising prices

5 February 2013

Energy and Environment

Over-regulation of water to blame for rising prices

5 February 2013

Government must focus on removing barriers to competition in the water industry

Commenting on today’s announcements by Ofwat, Dr Richard Wellings , Deputy Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “Rising … Continue reading

Top-down government regulation of common-pool resources has failed

10 December 2012

Energy and Environment

Top-down government regulation of common-pool resources has failed

10 December 2012

New report advocates decentralising common-pool resources

A new report details a lecture by the late Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom. Professor Ostrom was the first woman … Continue reading

Government plans for energy tariffs are a barrier to competition

20 November 2012

Energy and Environment

Government plans for energy tariffs are a barrier to competition

20 November 2012

Limiting energy companies to offering just four tariffs is extremely misguided

Commenting on today’s government energy tariff announcements, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “If the … Continue reading

Government should put fuel duty on downward escalator

16 November 2012

Energy and Environment

Government should put fuel duty on downward escalator

16 November 2012

Proposals to fund reducing fuel duty, to the point that it can be halved and then eventually phased out.

The impact of fuel duty on the British economy is immense and destructive. A new report, Time to Excise Fuel … Continue reading

Time to Excise Fuel Duty?

16 November 2012

Research

Time to Excise Fuel Duty?

Richard Wellings

16 November 2012

Not only is fuel duty unfair on motorists, it also puts British companies at a competitive disadvantage

Executive summary: Taxes comprise 60 per cent of the cost of a litre of petrol or diesel. Fuel duty will … Continue reading

Water: Supply, Prices, Scarcity and Regulation

6 August 2012

Research

Water: Supply, Prices, Scarcity and Regulation

Sir Ian Byatt

6 August 2012

New IEA paper argued that reforms are needed to encourage more choice and more trading in Britain’s water market.

Tackling water shortages and ensuring water costs are kept low for consumers requires changes in how water is regulated. A … Continue reading

EU should abolish agricultural subsidies to hold down the price of food – new research shows

28 February 2012

Energy and Environment

EU should abolish agricultural subsidies to hold down the price of food – new research shows

28 February 2012

New IEA research released

New research released today, Liberating farming from the CAP, shows that by abolishing direct EU subsidies to farmers the level … Continue reading

Government climate-change policy confused, counter-productive and economically damaging

16 June 2011

Energy and Environment

Government climate-change policy confused, counter-productive and economically damaging

16 June 2011

New IEA research released

New research released by the Institute of Economic Affairs today finds that government environmental policy has done little to solve … Continue reading

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Environmentalists: Nice But Wrong?

Environmentalists: Nice But Wrong?

Over-regulation of water to blame for rising prices

Over-regulation of water to blame for rising prices

Top-down government regulation of common-pool resources has failed

Top-down government regulation of common-pool resources has failed

Government plans for energy tariffs are a barrier to competition

Government plans for energy tariffs are a barrier to competition

Government should put fuel duty on downward escalator

Government should put fuel duty on downward escalator

Time to Excise Fuel Duty?

Time to Excise Fuel Duty?

Water: Supply, Prices, Scarcity and Regulation

Water: Supply, Prices, Scarcity and Regulation

EU should abolish agricultural subsidies to hold down the price of food – new research shows

EU should abolish agricultural subsidies to hold down the price of food – new research shows

Government climate-change policy confused, counter-productive and economically damaging

Government climate-change policy confused, counter-productive and economically damaging

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