United States: House advances proposal to impose state’s first CO2 tax
By | Published: March 31, 2008
Associated Press: A proposal imposing the state’s first tax on carbon dioxide emissions won first-round approval Monday night in the House, but some members didn’t see it as a sincere effort to combat global warming. The proposal’s sponsors drafted it so that its tax of $37 on each ton of excess CO2 emissions probably would apply only to the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kan. Some House members interpreted the measure as an attempt to punish Wyandotte County legislators who have …
United States: House advances proposal to impose state’s first CO2 tax
Associated Press: A proposal imposing the state’s first tax on carbon dioxide emissions won first-round approval Monday night in the House, but some members didn’t see it as a sincere effort to combat global warming. The proposal’s sponsors drafted it so that its tax of $37 on each ton of excess CO2 emissions probably would apply only to the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kan. Some House members interpreted the measure as an attempt to punish Wyandotte County legislators who have …
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