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Bulletin homepage City residents vote to tax selves for carbon
use Boulder surcharge on coal aims to reduce emissions tied to
global warming Voters in a Colorado university town nestled in
the foothills of the Rocky Mountains have passed the country’s
first municipal carbon tax to fight global warming. Boulder,
Colo., will charge residents and businesses the carbon tax based
on how much electricity they use. Most electricity in Boulder is
generated at plants that use coal, which produces more of the
main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, than natural gas or oil.
Carbon taxes have been a subject of debate in the United States,
the world’s leading consumer of fossil fuels, as some
communities try to reduce the output of gases scientists link to
global warming. ...The Boulder tax will raise average home bills
$1.33 per month and businesses will pay an extra $3.80 per
month, according to the to