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Right — largest single-source ghg polluter in the state.
Republicans Try to Save Renewable Energy Tax Incentive « PubliCola 2010
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Still, the reviews taken together definitely make me want to check this one out. ghg says:
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I also tend to think that a gas tax is a political non-starter-VAT is much harder to demagogue, so it may be easier to pass, just like cap and trade is harder to demagogue than the simpler carbon tax. also, do you think those gas/ghg taxes will raise as much revenue as a VAT? ryan yin says:
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Given the slow -- in the olden days, we used to say glacial -- pace of the international negotiations, these state and regional efforts just might be harbingers of how best to reduce ghg emissions and to address climate change in the near future, rather than waiting for an international agreement.
Tina Gerhardt: U.S. Climate Bill, Regional Accords and State Leadership? 2010
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In an interview conducted the week prior to the UNFCCC, lead U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern sought to reassure, stating that the U.S. remains prepared to reduce ghg emissions.
Tina Gerhardt: U.S. Climate Bill, Regional Accords and State Leadership? 2010
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Meanwhile, the World Resources Institute (WRI) released a report the day the Senate shelved the climate bill, asking if a 17% reduction in ghg emissions by 2020 based on 2005 levels were possible under existing federal laws and through state action.
Tina Gerhardt: U.S. Climate Bill, Regional Accords and State Leadership? 2010
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After U.S. climate negotiator John Pershing stymied talks at the June UNFCCC meeting, lead U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern is changing the U. S.'s tune, arguing that it remains prepared to reduce ghg emissions.
Tina Gerhardt: Mind the Gap: Gearing up for Cancún and the COP 16 2010
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After U.S. climate negotiator John Pershing stymied talks at the June UNFCCC meeting, lead U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern is changing the U. S.'s tune, arguing that it remains prepared to reduce ghg emissions.
Tina Gerhardt: Mind the Gap: Gearing up for Cancún and the COP 16 2010
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It intends to reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions 17% by 2020 based on 2005 levels.
Tina Gerhardt: U.S. Climate Bill, Regional Accords and State Leadership? 2010
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In 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who attended the Copenhagen climate negotiations -- committed California to a 25% reduction in ghg emissions by 2020 based on 1990 levels through AB 32.
Tina Gerhardt: U.S. Climate Bill, Regional Accords and State Leadership? 2010
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