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Scott Peters: An upstream carbon tax makes much more sense.

On the recordSeptember 15, 2020
An upstream carbon tax makes much more sense.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Arguing for a carbon tax over raising the gasoline tax for funding.

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