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May 22, 2008

Bay Area to start charging firms a greenhouse gas emisson fee

  • Power plants and oil refineries would have to pay more than $50,000 a year, but the majority of businesses would pay less than $1.
    • By TERENCE CHEA
    Associated Press Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay area voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve new rules that impose fees on businesses for emitting greenhouse gasses.

    The Bay Area Air Quality Management District's board of directors voted 15-1 to charge companies 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide they emit, an agency spokeswoman said.


     
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