The Environment

The Environment
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1016
Release: 1990
Genre: Environmental impact charges
ISBN:

U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide (Sixth Edition)

U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide (Sixth Edition)
Author: CCH Editors
Publisher: CCH
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2008-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780808019107

CCH's U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide provides a thorough explanation of federal excise taxes and follows the style of the U.S. Master Tax Guide. This convenient reference serves as an indispensable resource for accountants and tax professionals who work in the increasingly important and complex area of excise taxes. The new edition fully reflects changes brought about by recent tax legislation; including the significant excise tax Code changes made the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 and the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007, as well as new regulations, rulings, and significant court decisions.

Controlling Automobile Air Pollution

Controlling Automobile Air Pollution
Author: Virginia McConnell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2018-12-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351161075

This volume includes many of the most influential and interesting academic articles related to the economics of mobile source pollution control. The papers included explore why vehicles and vehicle markets are unique, provide estimates of the type and magnitude of the social costs of driving and examine estimation methods and estimates of the various elasticities of vehicle demand. Analysis of the social costs and policies to reduce both traditional air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions are included. Selected articles review the range of evaluation of both regulatory and market-based approaches to controlling emissions. The complexity of the effects of different policies are emphasized and the unintended consequences of regulation are explored in the context of vehicle emissions reduction policies.

Climate Change and Individual Moral Obligation. Kant’s Categorical Imperative As a Basis

Climate Change and Individual Moral Obligation. Kant’s Categorical Imperative As a Basis
Author: Alexander Hölzl
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2020-10-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3346285065

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 2,0, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses whether respectively how it is possible to ethically justify an individual moral obligation to act against climate change on the basis of Kant's categorical imperative. Actions against climate change might include using public transport instead of cars, avoiding travelling by aircraft, protesting for climate justice, supporting environmental organizations, boycotting oil companies, stopping wasteful consumption, refusing having a baby, using sustainable energy forms instead of fossil fuels, passing stricter laws or investing in the development of alternative energy forms.