美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Been 25 Years Since The Federal Gas Tax Went Up

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, we are marking an anniversary. Twenty-five years ago this week was the last time the federal gas tax went up. Today, that tax is still what it was in 1993 - 18.4 cents per gallon. And yet the costs of building and maintaini

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China Renews Pledge to Push Property Tax Expansion

A new pledge by the authorities here in China to expand property taxes is drawing warnings by some observers, who are warning the government not to misuse the property tax program to artificially push down housing prices. CRI's Shen Chengcheng explai

2017年CRI China Oil and Gas Pipeline Project to Power Myanmar Economy after Full Operation

British Prime Minister Theresa May in the cabinet office signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU. [Photo: Reuters] The UK has pulled the trigger for Br

Gas Shortage Intensifies in Mexico

Broadcast: Feb 13, 2003 Demand for electricity is growing in Mexico, but the state-owned oil company, known as Pemex, is reducing the amount of natural gas it can provide for electrical generation. Th

VOA常速英语2008年-Moscow's Changing Skyline Sign of Nation's Oil-

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 April 2008 There are more billionaires living in Moscow these days than anywhere else in the world. Thanks to a booming economy fueled by record high oil prices, the Russian capital is awash in cash. Modern new buildings ar

2006年VOA标准英语-Large Oil and Gas Project Under Pressure in Rus

By Bill Gasperini Sakhalin, Russia 20 October 2006 A giant energy project on Russia's remote Sakhalin Island has recently come under scrutiny because of environmental concerns. A foreign run consortium has long been building parallel gas and oil pip

VOA标准英语2008年-France Calls for European Union to Ease Gas Tax

By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 May 2008 The French government has called for the European Union to suspend certain gas taxes and for OPEC to increase production as part of a series of measures to ease the high cost of oil - which has topped $130 a barrel. L

VOA标准英语2011--Gas, Oil Exploration Complicates Turkey,

Gas,OilExplorationComplicatesTurkey,CyprusTalks Cyprus appears to be headed for a showdown with Turkey over Nicosia's oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. The drilling may harm the ongoing reunification talks. Relations between Turke

美国国家公共电台 NPR House GOP Tax Plan Is Little Help To High-Tax States Like New Jersey

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a tax overhaul today. Like the House bill that's already moving along, the Senate version is being touted as a way to keep more money in Americans' pockets. But for millio

美国国家公共电台 NPR What A Tax Overhaul Could Mean For Students And Schools

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Lawmakers are trying to reconcile two different versions of a tax bill, one passed by the House, the other by the Senate. They do seem to agree - Republicans, anyway - on two changes that affect America's schools. NPR's Cory Turn

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'They're Everywhere': Oil, Gas Wells Dot Developments, Raising Potential Dangers

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Colorado is reviewing its oil and gas operations after a house blew up last month, killing two people. A pipe from a nearby oil and gas well had been abandoned but not properly sealed. The tragedy is prompting many questions about

VOA双语新闻 Some Oil, Gas Facilities

Several oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico have resumed operations following Hurricane Katrina. However, an industry analyst says the full extent of damage to generating facilities is still unknown. 美国墨西哥湾地区的几个炼油厂在

Obama urges Congress to repeal oil industry tax breaks

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pressed the Congress on Thursday to end billions of dollars in subsides handed out to oil companies each year. Today, Members of Congress have a simple choice to make, said Obama. They can

Chinese gov't studying property tax expansion: minister

Chinese gov't studying property tax expansion: minister BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is actively studying an expansion of the experimental property tax program in the country and may expand the program when time is appropriate,

英闻天下——350 Property Tax, Land Tipped to Curb Home Prices

The State Council's recent adjustment policies on the Chinese property market, dubbed 'The 5 new regulations' is said to have fueled the land supply and trial property tax expansion to a new level. Analysts say they're expecting detailed measures and

新西兰英语 237 Tax

The Tax Working Group, which is a group of experts, gave their report this week. They have been looking at our tax laws to see if they are fair to everyone and if they help the economy to grow. The Working Group said that at the moment some rich peop

CCTV9英语新闻：Members to link gas with oil, eyeing price

The second Gas Exporting Countries Forum has attracted world wide attention as the influence of the organization has grown in the world energy market. World leaders like Russian president Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and the Ir

US Senate Extends Payroll Tax Cuts for Americans

The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise measure that extends payroll tax cuts for American workers for another two months. Lawmakers in the upper house of Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89 to 10, a day after Republicans a

英闻天下——186 CNPC to Boost Overseas Oil, Gas Production

China's top oil and gas producer said overseas operations will take a much larger share of its overall output as the company continues to expand abroad. The China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC produced around 110 million tonnes of oil equivalent th