en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Green Taxes headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 On July 30, that the Senate voted for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill that would have extended the investment tax credits for renewable energy. Both the wind and solar industries depend on these credits, which expire in December, to become competitive with coal, oil and natural gas. Unlike offshore drilling, these credits could have an immediate impact on America's energy profile. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13friedman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Economy Energy Environment Green Business Green Taxes Policy Pollution & Toxics Solutions United States 08/14/2008 New York Times Developers building everything from homes to shopping centers could soon be forced to take extensive steps to keep polluted stormwater out of streams and Puget Sound. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008101883_stormwater09m0.html Environment Green Taxes Pollution & Toxics Washington 08/09/2008 Seattle Times Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation’s biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource. In recent months, chains including Wal-Mart Stores, Kohl’s, Safeway and Whole Foods Market have installed solar panels on roofs of their stores to generate electricity on a large scale. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/business/11solar.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Economy Energy Green Business Green Taxes United States 08/11/2008 New York Times Despite increasing green awareness and steadily rising gasoline prices, Americans and other denizens of the developed world are loath to give up the freedom and privacy of their automobiles. But snarled traffic, longer commute times, and rising pollution levels have given city transportation planners new ammunition in their efforts to encourage the use of clean, energy-efficient public transit. http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/08/08/earthtalk-do-city-%e2%80%98congestion-taxes%e2%80%99-really-help-the-environment/ Energy Environment Green Taxes Sprawl & Transportation United States 08/09/2008 The Christian Science Monitor I'm warning you, folks, stay away from the carbon tax debate. It will drive you crazy. You will hear people make arguments about the carbon tax and you will expect them to make sense and then you will realize that they don't make sense and you will start screaming like a debutante in rehab. http://thetyee.ca/Views/2008/08/07/NDPMath/ Energy Green Taxes Pollution & Toxics Sprawl & Transportation British Columbia 08/08/2008 The Tyee Over the next three years, the carbon tax is projected to pour $1.85 billion into Victoria's coffers. Yet all of this money is being returned to British Columbians through cuts in other taxes. On top of this, the government has introduced a refundable tax credit to shield lower-income households from increases in energy costs attributed to the carbon tax. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=e8f3ea1b-1ce4-4820-862e-76317ce7f0ab&k=14954 Climate Economy Green Taxes Policy British Columbia 08/06/2008 Vancouver Sun Cargo shipping companies that send goods through ports in Oakland, Long Beach and Los Angeles would be charged new fees to fund efforts to reduce pollution under a bill approved Tuesday by the state Senate and sent to the governor. Health advocates lauded the legislation as a tool to combat what they described as dangerous levels of pollution near the ports, while opponents said it would hurt business. The bill passed by a 22-9 vote. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/06/BAFV125L5A.DTL Climate Economy Energy Environment Green Business Green Taxes Human Health Policy Pollution & Toxics California 08/06/2008 San Francisco Chronicle Former Vice President Al Gore, seeking to shake up an energy debate that is focused mostly on drilling, challenged the United States to shift its entire electricity sector to carbon-free wind, solar and geothermal power within 10 years, and use that power to fuel a new fleet of electric vehicles. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/18/MN2711QRVL.DTL Climate Energy Green Taxes Sustainable Living United States 07/18/2008 San Francisco Chronicle Whether though a carbon tax, cap-and-trade system or otherwise, the realities of climate change, already being felt in our province, require immediate action. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=7e49500d-c89c-4c70-a626-575a47e3d5a2&p=2 Cap and Trade Climate Environment Green Taxes British Columbia Canada 07/09/2008 Vancouver Sun