How appropriate that a thread on new breathing taxes is post #666 on this forum.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/...dUKTRE53G44020090417

SNAP ANALYSIS: EPA says CO2 emissions endanger human health
Fri Apr 17, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled a finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare, opening the door to federal regulation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant.

The finding does not "automatically trigger" new carbon rules but could allow the EPA to move forward with limiting greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act...

Found this interesting tidbit. Paragraph 4:

"Although the carbon credit market is still small, it is growing fast, valued in 2005 at $6.6 Billion in the European Union and projected to increase to $77 Billion if the United States accepts a similar national cap-and-trade program."