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 Stories About: carbon tax AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND politics AND San Francisco AND video
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What's Newsom?
Grist talks to San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom about greening the city |
Kate Sheppard |
20 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom stopped by Netroots Nation on Sunday to introduce Van Jones, and he also talked to the crowd about some of the green accomplishments his city has been able to make so far. Newsom has proposed the toughest building standards in the country, and in November 2008 he was planning to submit a carbon tax to voters for their approval (he's now pushed that back to 2009). In March he signed into law a requirement that the city's taxi fleet ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, politics, San Francisco, video (all these topics) |
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