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Carbon Tax Within Our Union

Cap-and-trade, as well as, other CO2 taxes, have been going on in the rest of the world. There has been much speculation on how the United States would deal with this economic quandary. Canada, the European Economic Union, China and India have all been interacting with the U.S. on the matter without much [...]
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Energy Impacts of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Energy Market and Economic Impacts of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 This report responds to a request to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) from Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Edward Markey for an analysis of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA).1 ACESA, as [...]
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Obama’s Energy Bill And Global Warming

WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama praised the House of Representatives for passing the energy bill on Friday evening. This historic piece of legislation will not just lessen our dependence on foreign oil, but also spark a clean energy transformation in our economy that will create millions of new American jobs that [...]
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