2006Nov: Boulder, Colorado, voters approve the Climate Action Plan Tax. It is the first time that a municipal government will implement an energy tax on its residents to combat global warming. The Climate Action Plan tax will be collected by the local electric utility company and based on the amount of electricity used (City of Boulder).
Reference: City of Boulder, Colorado. http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6136&Itemid=169
Image Description: Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado. The photo was taken by Ken Kinder in 2002Dec. Image Location: Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boulder.jpg Image Permission: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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