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Kochs Hire Ex-Cantor Aide to Lobby Against Carbon Tax
2013-08-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Charles and David Koch, to paraphrase the famous Raid bug spray slogan, want to kill carbon tax proposals dead. Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC has contracted lobbyists including a former aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to lobby on a House resolution that declares carbon taxes detrimental to American families and businesses. Newly available lobby filings show that Koch has hired Shockey Scofield Solutions, LLC, to lobby on the anti-carbon tax resolution. Lobbyists working...
Tax charge for Bayern Munich chief
2013-07-30 16:58:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
German prosecutors charge the president of European champions Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness, with tax evasion after a lengthy inquiry.
Thomson Reuters revenue up on tax, legal business
2013-07-30 16:53:55| IT Services - Topix.net
Thomson Reuters on Tuesday posted a 2 percent rise in second-quarter revenue on the strength of its legal and tax and accounting businesses, and reaffirmed its forecast for 2013.
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Can a carbon tax work without hurting the economy? Ask British Columbia
2013-07-30 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Carbon emissions have an unavoidable cost. When we burn fossil fuels and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it increases the greenhouse effect. The resulting climate change has costs, for example by causing more extreme weather. More frequent and intense heat waves and droughts can damage crops, causing food prices to rise, more intense floods can cause more property damage, etc. Lacking a price attached to carbon emissions in the marketplace, we're effectively putting those costs on a...
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Some Republicans, not all, clamor for a vote against a carbon tax
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The prospect of a House vote on a carbon tax turns Rep. Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy Committee to thoughts of, well, love. He grasped a reporter by both shoulders last week and, when asked about the prospect of a vote, poured out his heart: "I would love to vote on it," he exclaimed. "I would love to vote on it, because the House would send a very strong signal against imposing a carbon tax." Upton, a Michigan Republican, believes the House would approve a pending House resolution against...
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