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AEA Educational Campaign to Fight Massive Energy Tax, Further Government Induced Job Losses WASHINGTON – With Congress moving at breakneck pace to pass an energy tax bill that would amount to the largest single tax increase on working families in U.S. history, American Energy Alliance (AEA) today announced the launch of an integrated education and advocacy campaign aimed at helping Americans...
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The text of the ad follows Seems like all of us are working harder in this economy just to make ends meet. But the politicians in Washington, DC don't seem to get it - voting to bailout Wall Street - rather than helping Main Street. And just when you think that it can't get worse - some in Congress are now pushing an energy tax that would be the largest tax hike in history. Studies show that the bill, known as the Waxman-Markey Energy Tax, could cost our family's more than $3,100 per...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 81.8 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Georgia will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 18.2 percent of Georgia’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydro, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro, and as much as half of Georgia’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate included...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 98.6 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Indiana will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 1.4 percent of Indiana’s energy comes from carbon-free hydropower and biomass. Unfortunately, hydro power, and as much as half of Indiana’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate included in the...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 94 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Ohio will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 6 percent of Ohio’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Ohio’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 78.1 percent of the energy that fuels the State of North Carolina will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 21.9 percent of North Carolina’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of North Carolina’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 80.4 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Pennsylvania will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 19.6 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Pennsylvania’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 77.5 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Arkansas will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 22.5 percent of Arkansas’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydro, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro, and as much as half of Arkansas’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 80.4 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Pennsylvania will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 19.6 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Pennsylvania’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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