Revenue-neutral : The last hope for climate change legislation?

02.08.2010 | 13:02:05 pm | Posted by Cleantech Investing

I've picked up on a couple of mentions lately of Senators on both sides of the aisle starting to work on revenue-neutral alternatives to the Waxman-Markey type of cap and trade climate legislation that has been the focus of attention ever since Obama came into office.There's been talk of the GOP staff on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reporting to Sen. Murkowski of Alaska, possibly working on a revenue-neutral carbon tax proposal.And Cantwell and Collins are proposing a cap and dividend plan, also to be revenue-neutral.Gee, sounds familiar.Frustratingly, I could probably have ju...

 
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