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Wikipedia’s definition of a Carbon Tax

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 24, 2008 | Environmental Issues |

A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is an example of a pollution tax. Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, oil and gas) and are released as CO2 when...

Will Canada’s oil boom be an environmental bust? The new global wasteland?

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 15, 2008 | Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, The United States of America, World |

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar...