Dingel Takes Carbon Tax 'Off the Table'. By Jim Snyder, The Hill, April 15, 2008. "House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) said Tuesday that he is no longer contemplating a 'carbon tax' as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'Times have changed; our economy has taken a hard downward turn and now is not the time for us to put any additional financial burden on the working families of Michigan or this nation... The reality is that this proposal is off the table for now,' Dingell said... [His] bill would have raised taxes on carbon dioxide emissions and on gasoline, and lowered the tax deduction for large homes that eat up a lot of energy as a way to lower the greenhouse gases blamed for warming the planet."
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