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• Greenhouse gas — Simple diagram of greenhouse effect. A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect.[1] …   Wikipedia

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• Carbon tax — Part of a series on Green economics Concepts …   Wikipedia

• Carbon Dioxide Tax — A tax on businesses and industries that produce carbon dioxide through their operations. A carbon dioxide tax is designed to reduce the output of greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide, a colorless and odorless incombustible gas, into the atmosphere …   Investment dictionary

• Post–Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions — Post Kyoto negotiations refers to high level talks attempting to address global warming by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Generally part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), these talks concern the period… …   Wikipedia

• Progressive tax — A progressive tax is a tax imposed so that the tax rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases. [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/Progressive Webster] (4b): increasing in rate as the base increases (a progressive tax)] [ …   Wikipedia

• carbon tax — /ˈkabən tæks/ (say kahbuhn taks) noun a tax on the consumption of fossil fuels, as a means towards achieving a reduction in their use. There are two types of carbon tax. The first is designed to recoup some or all of the costs of managing and… …  

• Energy Tax — A surcharge on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. The purpose of an energy tax is to give businesses and consumers an incentive to use alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind power, and to raise revenue for the government… …   Investment dictionary

• carbon tax — noun a tax levied on the use of fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide …   Wiktionary

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium

• Plug-in hybrid — The Chevrolet Volt is the first mass production plug in hybrid available in the United States. A plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), plug in hybrid vehicle (PHV), or plug in hybrid is a hybrid vehicle which utilizes rechargeable batteries, or …   Wikipedia