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Waste News, April, 2005
Policy group assails Duke's CO2 tax plan A nonpartisan public policy group has come out strongly against Duke Energy Corp.'s call for a tax on carbon dioxide emissions that would reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gases. Duke Energy Chairman Paul Anderson called on the federal government to adopt the tax, which would cut carbon emissions and start addressing the global warming issue.
Anderson conceded that would mean higher rates for energy customers and steeper gas prices, but argued that allowing greenhouse gases to go unchecked could create even worse problems. But the Competitive Enterprise Institute slammed Anderson, calling the plan a blatant attempt to dump the problem on consumers. "Rather that trying to hide the costs of...
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