H.R.2069 - Save Our Climate Act of 2007

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Save Our Climate Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content. as introduced.

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09/17/08
policy options to prevent climate ...

a number of proposals have been referred to the ways and means committee in the 110th congress (eg, hr 2069 – the save our climate act ...

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07/05/08
AIDS in Africa - CRS Report for Co...

A major international AIDS authorization bill, H.R. 2069, passed both chambers during the 107th Congress but did not go to conference.28 ...

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04/01/08
SciGuy: William Gray: global warmi...

H.R.2069: Save Our Climate Act of 2007. Posted by: IANVS at April 7, 2008 08:48 PM. Guess that rules out "Tarmino" as a weirdy, beardy, b...

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02/14/08
Stark: CBO says carbon tax a good ...

Under his HR 2069, an initial tax of $10 per ton of carbon content would be assessed on coal, petroleum and natural gas when these fossil...

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11/04/07
key congressional climate change l...

bingaman-specter (s 1766); udall-petri (draft, may 2007); lieberman-mccain (s 280); kerry-snowe (s 485); waxman (hr 1590); sanders-boxer ...

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10/24/07
the grand scheme: congress is abou...

save our climate act of 2007 (introduced in house)[hr2069.ih] 138 . department of energy carbon capture and storage research, development...

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09/18/07
carbon tax proposals

there are two major proposals that have been introduced so far: stark-mcdermott (hr 2069) and larson (hr 3416). the larson proposal calls...

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06/25/07
Climate Progress » Blog Archive Â...

From the foregoing analysis, the bill advocating carbon taxes [Stark Save Our Climate Act (H.R. 2069) in the House] is preferable to thos...

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05/09/07
Carbon Tax Bill HR 2069 Needs Our ...

There is finally a bill in the US House to tax carbon pollution. It's from Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) and would tax carbon fuels at $10/ton. ...

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05/06/07
Carbon tax news

My legislation, the Save Our Climate Act (HR 2069), would tax coal, petroleum and natural gas at a rate of $10 per ton of carbon content....

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