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Expecting New Tax, Firm Prepares to Track Carbon

nytimes.com
May. 31, 2009
A cap-and-trade law or carbon tax could create demand for a new kind of software, like the Web-based Hara program.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch