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Study: Beets hit hard in carbon tax scenario
AG Week
Richard “Skip” Taylor and Won W. Koo at NDSU calculate that the US cane sugar would decline slightly under “cap-and-trade” or carbon tax rules. ...

South Africa: 'No Harm to Industry' in Vehicle Tax
AllAfrica.com
Johannesburg — THE government said yesterday that the introduction of the carbon tax on new vehicles and light commercial vehicles from September 1 did not ...

BC's carbon tax is looking like a winner
Ottawa Citizen
On July 1, 2008, BC embarked on an ambitious climate policy path; it brought in North America's first ever carbon tax shift. ...

SA business must investigate carbon tax implications
Legalbrief (subscription)
SA companies must investigate the implications of a carbon tax, corporate law firm Webber Wentzel has said. A Polity report states that the National ...

Fossil fuel subsidies undermine renewables
StarPhoenix
In addition, making fossil fuel companies pay to release greenhouse gases through a carbon tax would make renewable energy sources competitive and usher in ...

Heated meeting on ETS
Otago Daily Times
The meeting was reminded of his 2005 pre-election comments opposing Labour's carbon tax, which has the same aims as National's ETS. ...

B.C.'s carbon tax is looking like a winner
Ottawa Citizen
On July 1, 2008, BC embarked on an ambitious climate policy path; it brought in North America's first ever carbon tax shift. ...