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Sponsoring Berkeley's 2024 Measure GG that would create a special carbon tax on emissions from the City’s largest methane polluters (owners of buildings 15,000 square feet or larger). It would create an estimated $26.7 million per year Just Transition Fund to help all residents fight climate change and improve their quality of life.
The tax would only be applied to the owners of the largest Berkeley buildings who use methane gas. The tax accounts for the societal damages from burning and leaking methane gas.
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climate change pollution taxes