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Canada: Activists say BC carbon tax is far too modest
Feb 21st, 2008 by Administrator |

Straight: A Vancouver climate-change activist is pleased the provincial government has introduced a carbon tax but argues that the levy is too low to make much of a difference. Kevin Washbrook, director of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, told the Georgia Straight that Finance Minister Carole Taylor’s budget announcement on February 19 of a revenue-neutral tax to be levied on virtually all fossil fuels–including gasoline, diesel, natural gas, coal, propane, and home-heating fuel–is "good …

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