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Conservatives push back on carbon tax proposals
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The oil industry, conservative groups and House GOP lawmakers will ramp up opposition to proposals that would strip industry tax breaks and impose taxes on industrial carbon emissions. The conservative House Republican Study Committee and a number of outside groups will continue a trend: publicly slamming carbon tax proposals that already lack political traction. Their Capitol Hill press conference will feature lawmakers and groups like Grover Norquists Americans for Tax Reform and Americans...
Democrats circulate carbon tax bill
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A bicameral group of Democrats floated draft legislation Tuesday that would impose a per-ton fee on carbon emissions from the nations largest polluters, such as electricity generators and petroleum refineries. For far too long, carbon polluters have pushed the true cost of their pollution onto the American people in the form of dirty air, acidified water, and a changing climate, said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who is spearheading the effort with House Energy and Commerce ranking member...
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Could Waxmans new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?
2013-03-13 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its been a few years now since Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) led an ambitious but doomed charge to get a carbon-pricing bill through Congress. But in the wake of President Obamas climate-centric State of the Union and inaugural addresses, a growing number of Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced plans to introduce a bill...
Brussels looks to reignite 2030 carbon target debate
2013-03-13 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The European Commission is working on draft plans for a new package of carbon and renewable energy targets for 2030 that are likely to be welcomed by green industries across the continent. The bloc is currently on track to meet targets to cut emissions 20 per cent by 2020 and generate 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by the same date, although fears are mounting that it will fall short of a target to improve energy efficiency by 20 per cent. However, green business groups are...
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ADA-ES Awarded Contracts For 10 Activated Carbon Injection Systems From Three Utilities
2013-03-13 09:00:00| pollutiononline Home Page
ADA-ES, Inc. recently announced that it has received awards from three utilities to supply ten Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) systems
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