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Canada province may slap carbon tax on US coal exports

Published Wed, May 3, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Ottawa

BRITISH Columbia's (BC) premier threatened to impose a C$70 (S$71) carbon tax on US thermal coal exports if she is re-elected next week.

"Ideally, the federal government will act on our request to ban thermal coal in our ports - but if they don't, British Columbia will charg…

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