{"id":264716,"date":"2023-06-30T18:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264716"},"modified":"2023-06-30T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:51:30","slug":"slash-84-green-carbon-tax-to-help-households-tory-mps-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264716","title":{"rendered":"Slash \u2018\u00a384 green carbon tax\u2019 to help households, Tory MPs\u00a0demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as the better known green taxes, which pay for subsidies to renewables, there is also the much more surreptitious emissions trading scheme, which is effectively a carbon tax<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Net Zero Scrutiny Group\u2019s letter said the UK\u2019s carbon emissions trading scheme was \u2018a hidden tax during a cost-of-living crisis\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


A \u201chidden tax\u201d adding up to \u00a384 on energy bills must be slashed to help struggling households, Tory MPs have said.
Companies which produce energy by burning gas to create electricity are charged for every tonne of carbon they produce, under a government decarbonisation policy aimed at helping the country reach its \u201cnet zero\u201d goal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The cost is passed down to households through their energy provider, potentially imposing up to \u00a384 a year at current rates, according to analysis in a letter signed by 33 Tory MPs and peers calling for carbon costs to be reformed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The new figures come as Rishi Sunak faces pressure to help households struggling with rocketing mortgage rates, stubbornly high energy costs and an inflationary spiral pushing up prices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The letter, coordinated by Craig Mackinlay, the chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, says the UK\u2019s carbon emissions trading scheme \u201ccould annually be adding as much as \u00a384 to household bills; a hidden tax during a cost-of-living crisis.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mr Mackinlay said that carbon costs had to come down as the current policy was doing \u201cnothing to improve our environment\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


On Sunday, the Telegraph revealed that the Government would reintroduce green levies, which add \u00a3170 to annual household energy bills and include costs of insulation schemes and older wind farm contracts, from July.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The day before, Grant Shapps, the Energy Security Secretary, told the Telegraph that households will be spared a levy on their energy bills to fund the hydrogen industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former energy secretary and Sir Iain Duncan-Smith, the former Conservative leader, were among signatories to the letter, which said that power generators who create electricity from gas were passing down the carbon costs imposed on them by the Government to households.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWhile the ETS was intended to encourage industry to decarbonise, costs have spiralled in an unsustainable way,\u201d they warned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Sir John Redwood, an environment secretary under Theresa May, who also signed the letter, said carbon costs should be suspended until the energy burden on households and businesses comes down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cCarbon dioxide is a world issue, not a national issue,\u201d he said. \u201cWe import things that require a lot of CO2 and claim that it\u2019s nothing to do with us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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As well as the better known green taxes, which pay for subsidies to renewables, there is also the much more surreptitious emissions trading scheme, which is effectively a carbon tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":264719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691820656,691818154,691818482,691818299,691818248],"class_list":{"0":"post-264716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-green-carbon-tax","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-rishi-sunak","12":"tag-subsidies","13":"tag-uk","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0carbon_tax.webp?fit=1080%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-16RC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":398159,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=398159","url_meta":{"origin":264716,"position":0},"title":"Rocketing Carbon Prices Push Up Energy\u00a0Bills","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"27\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"While renewable subsidies are adding substantially to retail electricity prices, we must not forget the role of the Emissions Trading Scheme, aka Carbon Tax, which directly impacts wholesale prices because it is effectively a tax on gas power plants.","rel":"","context":"In \"Carbon Tax\"","block_context":{"text":"Carbon Tax","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-tax"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-29.-Apr.-2025-19_45_35.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-29.-Apr.-2025-19_45_35.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-29.-Apr.-2025-19_45_35.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-29.-Apr.-2025-19_45_35.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":281499,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281499","url_meta":{"origin":264716,"position":1},"title":"Europe Launches a Carbon Tax Attack Against the US Economy","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From Watts Up With That? 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