Comments on: Bay Area’s Carbon Tax, the Nation’s First, Rankles Big Oil http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/22/bay-area-leads-with-nations-first-carbon-tax/ Helping the Earth with Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: JP http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/22/bay-area-leads-with-nations-first-carbon-tax/#comment-11737 JP Fri, 23 May 2008 21:00:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2283#comment-11737 <p>The tax is conflictive, but this is a start to keep improving the law towards green issues.</p> The tax is conflictive, but this is a start to keep improving the law towards green issues.

]]> By: The Daily Five: Friday, 23 May, 2008 | EcoTech Daily http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/22/bay-area-leads-with-nations-first-carbon-tax/#comment-11717 The Daily Five: Friday, 23 May, 2008 | EcoTech Daily Fri, 23 May 2008 08:55:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2283#comment-11717 <p>[...] Bay Area’s Carbon Tax, the Nation’s First, Rankles Big Oil: San Francisco this week became the first U.S. municipality to levy a carbon tax, charging businesses in a nine-county area 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide emissions. Most of the $1.1 million in anticipated tax revenues would be paid by heavy industry, such as oil refineries. Unsurprisingly, groups such as the Western States Petroleum Association are already scrambling lobbyists and lawyers. Spokesman Dennis Bolt says his organization intends to challenge the authority of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to levy such a tax. (Earth2Tech) [...]</p> [...] Bay Area’s Carbon Tax, the Nation’s First, Rankles Big Oil: San Francisco this week became the first U.S. municipality to levy a carbon tax, charging businesses in a nine-county area 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide emissions. Most of the $1.1 million in anticipated tax revenues would be paid by heavy industry, such as oil refineries. Unsurprisingly, groups such as the Western States Petroleum Association are already scrambling lobbyists and lawyers. Spokesman Dennis Bolt says his organization intends to challenge the authority of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to levy such a tax. (Earth2Tech) [...]

]]> By: John Collins http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/22/bay-area-leads-with-nations-first-carbon-tax/#comment-11696 John Collins Thu, 22 May 2008 19:50:05 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2283#comment-11696 <p>Seems to me this tax is LONG overdue! Its about time. Maybe other places will follow suit?</p> <p>JJ http://www.Privacy-Center.net</p> Seems to me this tax is LONG overdue! Its about time. Maybe other places will follow suit?

JJ
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