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Carbon emissions per capita, 2020 Carbon emissions per 1000 square miles, 2020. This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use, [1] [2] as well as per capita [3] [4] and by area.
Tax revenues are collected by Xcel Energy and are directed to the city's Office of Environmental Affairs to fund programs to reduce emissions. [107] Boulder's Climate Action Plan (CAP) tax was expected to raise $1.6 million in 2010. The tax was increased to a maximum allowable rate by voters in 2009 to meet CAP goals.
State regulations outside the Clean Air Act do affect emissions, especially gas tax rates. As of 2020, several states in the northeastern United States were discussing a regional cap and trade system for carbon emissions from motor vehicle fuel sources, called the Transportation Climate Initiative . [ 47 ]
An emissions tax on greenhouse gas emissions requires individual emitters to pay a fee, charge, or tax for every tonne of greenhouse gas, [8] while an energy tax is applied to the fuels themselves. In terms of climate change mitigation , a carbon tax is not a perfect substitute for an emissions tax. [ 94 ]
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Oct. 10—If it passes in November, Initiative 2117 will repeal Washington state's landmark environmental law, the Climate Commitment Act. On Thursday, the initiative sponsor and the author of the ...
Our map of the Texas wildfires’ size compares it to other places. The fires cover nearly the area of Delaware, and the most massive blaze is larger than Rhode Island. Map: See how the largest ...