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Boxer, Sanders introduce bill to require carbon tax payment by fossil fuel producers
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a sweeping climate change bill Feb. 14 that would require several thousand coal, oil, and gas producers to pay a $20-per-ton carbon fee, which the two senators touted as a simpler alternative to the Democrat-led, economywide, cap-and-trade approach that collapsed in the Senate in 2010. Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said she plans to move the Climate Protection Act of 2013 (S. 332) through...
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