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 Stories About: British Columbia AND California AND Canada AND carbon tax AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy
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Adventures in carbon pricing
California continues to innovate on the climate front, but still gets smoked by perky B.C. |
Adam Stein |
21 Feb 2008 |
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| A national carbon tax in the U.S. appears increasingly unlikely, but all sorts of interesting experiments in emissions pricing are underway regionally. First: the California Assembly this week votes on the California Clean Car Discount Act, a 'feebate' system that imposes a direct charge on sales of gas guzzlers and uses the funds to reward buyers of fuel sippers. The way it works it pretty simple. If you buy a Chevy Tahoe, you'll have to pony up a $2,500 fee, which wi ... |
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| Topics: British Columbia, California, Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics) |
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