Ecotax — latest ecology news
In an effort to "improve air quality," the city of Bila Tserkva has decided to build a bypass road at a cost of over 50 million hryvnias
In Ternopil, restoring lawns after the removal of small architectural forms is a matter of environmental protection, not urban beautification
For some reason, protecting the facades of historic buildings in Lviv from birds is considered an environmental protection measure
This is the most vague list of measures, though it still makes clear how the environmental tax is being spent on sewer systems and landscaping in residential areas
Measures to reduce emissions include replacing public transport and purchasing street vacuum cleaners
Without conceptual reform, any changes to the size of the eco-tax will have no impact on the state of the environment or the quality of our lives
Communities have a certain degree of freedom both in developing environmental programs and in using funds from the special environmental tax fund
The extractive industry, particularly the oil and gas and metallurgical industries, remains the leader in resource payments
In Chornomorsk, even the construction of dog walking areas is considered an environmental measure
Most of the region's and its communities' "environmental" measures have a questionable environmental component – from the construction of pumping stations to lawn care
In Vinnytsia, the renewal of the municipal transport fleet is also considered an "environmental measure"
The region's environmental programs actually finance housing and communal services and public amenities, rather than nature conservation