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Carbon Tax

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Carbon Tax 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 carb... Read more

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Rep. Dingell floats 'carbon tax' plan

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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 ... Read more

Canadian govt cool to provincial carbon taxes

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NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada's finance minister expressed concern about provinces enacting their own carbon taxes Monday, saying a piecemeal approach to cutting greenhouse ... Read more

Report: Chirac eyes carbon tax for U.S.

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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... Read more

Canada needs carbon tax quickly - gov't panel

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OTTAWA(Reuters) - Canada's Conservative government needs to quickly impose a price on carbon to stand any chance of meeting its own targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, an official p... Read more

Quebec sets carbon tax on energy cos.

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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... Read more

U.S. editorial excerpts -4-

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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: WARMING PROPOSALS (The Washington Post, Washington) ONE OF THE benefits of being in the second tier of presidential candidates is feeling... Read more

Gore likely to endorse before primaries

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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... Read more

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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: CLIMATE CHANGE ON CAPITOL HILL (The Washington Post, Washington) THE AMERICA'S Climate Security Act, introduced Thursday by Sens. Joseph ... Read more

40% of major firms back domestic carbon emissions trading system: poll

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More than 40 percent of major Japanese companies favor the introduction of a system to trade carbon emissions credits among companies, the Environment Ministry said Thursday in a survey repor... Read more

Plan uses taxes to fight climate change

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Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many people won't like _ a 50-cent gasoline tax, a ca... Read more