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Thursday, March 14, 2013

DEMOCRATS SEEK FEEDBACK ON NEWLY PROPOSED CARBON FEE FOR EMISSION SOURCES



DEMOCRATS SEEK FEEDBACK ON NEWLY PROPOSED CARBON FEE FOR EMISSION SOURCES
A new draft carbon-pricing bill that solicits feedback on how much industrial sources burning fossil fuels should pay per ton of carbon dioxide emitted was released by a bicameral group of Democrats on Tuesday. The bill diverges from a previously introduced measure to levy carbon taxes at the point of production or sale of a fossil fuel and applies instead at the “point of emissions”—which includes coal, oil, and natural gas generators. Read More »http://www.powermag.com/POWERnews/5444.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=2634451&hq_l=5&hq_v=30108e0773

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