Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, is proposing a $50.00/ton tax on CO2 emissions from coal. Below is an article which describes this proposal. This tax would be in addition to the Cap and Trade tax on CO2 emissions which is also being pursued. Such a tax would make the burning of coal for electrical generation much more expensive, and would serve to discourage efforts to rely on our country's domestically produced coal for energy security.
He states that he is looking for comments to this proposal. I am attaching the following link to his website where you can fill out the comment page for this proposal. I encourage you to do so and to encourage your friends to do likewise. http://www.house.gov/dingell/carbonTaxComment.shtml
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