Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax - First of Its Kind in the U.S

On Wednesday the Bay Area Air Quality Management District board of directors voted 15–1 to charge companies 4.4 cents per ton of carbon emitted. Set to go into effect on July 1st for the nine Bay Area counties, the carbon tax will be the first of it’s kind in the country. Read here, http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/bay-area-passes-carbon-tax-fir-003161.php