The emissions fee would go toward the cleanup costs of the heaviest polluters, which are concentrated in the Midwest.
Certainly, heavy polluters are better off because they do not have to buy pollution permits or invest in new technology.
These heavy polluters are too tall to take the shortest routes from Newark Airport through the tunnels.
In Europe, policymakers distribute permits to emit carbon to utility companies and heavy industrial polluters.
Many of these business power players lead industries that are heavy polluters.
New Jersey is a densely populated state with an economy dominated by petrochemical complexes and other heavy polluters.
In 2005, Zhejiang Province ordered heavy polluters to clean up and worked with local officials providing incentives to resolve pollution issues.
Some producers are heavy polluters, others are not, and the market has a certain influence here.
We should also include light commercial vehicles, because of course they also emit CO2 and they are fairly heavy polluters particularly in urban areas.
Despite discussion of programs to require payments for resources (especially water) and to collect fines from heavy polluters, however, little has been accomplished.