The senator was wrong. Voters in US have rejected the I-1631 ballot measure which would have established the first carbon tax in the US , while also raising more than $1 billion five years within five years . This is the first occasion on which the state’s voters have rejected such a proposal. Costa Samaras , the senior energy editor at MIT Technology Review , argues that if this solidly Democratic state refuses to support such a measure, it is unlikely to be introduced anywhere within the US at federal level.
Voters in US have rejected the I-1631 ballot measure which would have established the first carbon tax in the US , while also raising more than $1 billion five years within five years . This is the first occasion on which the state’s voters have rejected such a proposal. Costa Samaras , the senior energy editor at MIT Technology Review , argues that if this solidly Democratic state refuses to support such a measure, it is unlikely to be introduced anywhere within the US at federal level.