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May 21, 2008 10:50 am US/Pacific

Global Warming Fees May Hit Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay area have voted overwhelmingly to approve new rules that impose fees on businesses for emitting greenhouse gasses.

A spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District says the agency's board of directors voted 15-1 on Wednesday to charge companies 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide they emit.

Experts say the fees, which cover nine counties in the Bay Area, are the first of their kind in the country.

But many Bay Area businesses oppose the rules, saying they could interfere with the state's campaign to fight global warming under a law signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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