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CO2 Trade War Hits Midwest - 1/10/2010 12:36:30 PM

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CO2 Trade War Hits Midwest Sunday 10 January 2010 by: Joshua Frank, t r u t h o u t | Report
It's round one in the 2010 fight against global warming and Minnesota has landed the first punch against coal-fired electricity that crosses its borders. The state is seeking to place a tariff on carbon dioxide turned out by coal plants in North Dakota. While there has been a lot of huffing and puffing about carbon tariffs in the past from countries that want to stick a tax on items that are produced in polluting industries, Minnesota's move is the first of its kind. Currently, the law does not mandate a carbon tariff; it only provides the framework to create such a pricing mechanism if a tax on carbon emissions becomes necessary in the future. Minnesota is currently looking at pricing guidelines for a likely utility rate increase in 2012/snip

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RE: CO2 Trade War Hits Midwest - 1/10/2010 10:00:57 PM

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Tax raises for a fantasy! That'll make Ron in here real happy I'm sure!
Hey Ron, go find your checkbook!

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RE: CO2 Trade War Hits Midwest - 1/11/2010 4:30:40 AM

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I dont typically think of ND as a pollution problem.
I note how the aritcle does not say what the typical bill would increase by.

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