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Carbon Tax : Economics Topics
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A tax related to the carbon content of coal, natural gas or oil, which is imposed to improve the natural environment. The tax can take the form of a fixed amount per ton of carbon embodied in each fuel or be an AD VALOREM TAX. The level of the tax is...
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Carbon Tax : Environmental Health Terms
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The name applied to a range of taxation possibilities levied on FOSSIL FUELS proportionate to the amount of CARBON DIOXIDE emissions generated by their use. The philosophy of such a taxation initiative is both to raise the price of those fuels that...
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Carbon Tax Summary
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To limit and control the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) added to the atmosphere, special taxes, called carbon taxes, have been proposed and in some cases adopted, on fuels containing carbon. Fuels such as coal, gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas,...
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Carbon tax Information
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A carbon tax is a tax on energy sources which emit carbon dioxide. It is an example of a pollution tax, which some economists favor because they tax a "bad" rather than a "good" (such as income). Carbon taxes address a negative externality, and so are...


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Rep. Dingell floats 'carbon tax' plan
7/7/2007: 309 words, approx. 1 pages
A House committee chairman is trying to show his Democratic colleagues that people in the U.S. are not ready to pay the full costs of fixing global warming.Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, says he will propose a "carbon tax"...
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Report: Chirac eyes carbon tax for U.S.
2/1/2007: 269 words, approx. 1 pages
The United States could face possible European carbon taxes on its exports if it does not sign global climate accords, French President Jacques Chirac was quoted as saying in an interview published Thursday."A carbon tax is inevitable," Chirac reportedly said in the interview with the...
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Quebec sets carbon tax on energy cos.
10/2/2007: 484 words, approx. 2 pages
Quebec enacted Canada's first carbon tax on energy companies this week, despite fears it could also target industries that use large amounts of petroleum and carbon products.The green tax _ imposed Monday _ will be used to help Quebec reach its Kyoto Protocol targets to...
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Gore likely to endorse before primaries
9/4/2007: 320 words, approx. 1 pages
Democrat Al Gore says he will probably endorse one of his party's 2008 presidential candidates. And it won't necessarily be Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of his former boss."Uh...no," the former vice president told 02138 magazine when asked if he feels "some obligation" to endorse...
 


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