Placing a Carbon Tax "Upstream" Means

question 26

Multiple Choice

Placing a carbon tax "upstream" means

• A) applying a carbon tax to retailers (online and brick & mortar stores)
• B) applying a carbon tax to polluters along rivers and other waterbodies
• C) applying a carbon tax when fossil fuels are first sold
• D) applying a carbon tax at the fossil fuel pump for automobiles

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