New Taxes & Costs
The True Cost of the Global Warming Farce
Graybrook Institute
Oct 19, 2007
Last year, in the name of saving the planet from global warming, California adopted the most radically restrictive legislation anywhere in the nation, including Assembly Bill 32, which requires a 25 percent reduction in man-made carbon dioxide emissions within 13 years. PDF>>
Plan Uses Taxes to Fight Climate Change
Washington Post
Sep 26, 2007
Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many people won't like _ a 50-cent gasoline tax, a carbon tax and scaling back tax breaks for some home owners. PDF>>
Public 'wary of green tax motives'
The Daily Mail
Sep 3, 2007
Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are using environmental fears as an excuse to raise tax revenue, according to a poll. And research suggests their cynicism is justified - with green taxes raking in £10 billion more for the Treasury than it would cost to offset the entire UK's carbon footprint. PDF>>