Why California’s cap-and-trade auction is not a tax

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2012-11-19

Summary:

Yesterday, Ann and Cara gave their initial reactions to the California Chamber of Commerce lawsuit against California’s cap-and-trade auction.  The main thrust of that lawsuit is that the auction (that happens today) is an unconstitutional tax because, according to the lawsuit, AB 32 gave the California Air Resources Board (CARB) no authority to withhold and [...]

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http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/why-californias-cap-and-trade-auction-is-not-a-tax/

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uncategorized california litigation cap-and-trade greenhouse gas emissions regulatory policy ab 32 cap-and-trade auction ghg allowances chamber of commerce right to pollute

Authors:

Rhead Enion

Date tagged:

11/19/2012, 18:07

Date published:

11/14/2012, 14:32