{"id":617447,"date":"2009-12-31T10:05:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/12\/31\/happy-new-year-2\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:05:48","slug":"happy-new-year-carbon-taxes-and-chesapeake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/617447","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year, Carbon Taxes and Chesapeake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='mceTemp' style='text-align: left;'>\n<dl class='wp-caption alignleft caption-alignleft' style='width: 359px'>\n<dt class='wp-caption-dt'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/online.wsj.com\/media\/oil_drums_E_20091231095404.jpg?resize=359%2C239\"  width=\"359\" height=\"239\" class='size-full wp-image-5'\/><\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-dd wp-cite-dd' style='text-align: right;'>Flickr<\/dd>\n<dd class='wp-caption-dd' style='text-align: left;'><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>A happy, healthy and prosperous new year from Enviromental Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for joining us for the wild, bumpy ride through 2009.<\/p>\n<p>See you in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, a French court struck down a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/31\/business\/energy-environment\/31carbon.html\">new tax on carbon emissions<\/a> set to go into effect on Jan. 1, but Economy Minister Christine Lagarde promised <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/idUKLDE5BU0E020091231\">to salvage the tax<\/a> and close certain loopholes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an Environmental Capital favorite &#8212; natural gas producer and cheerleader Chesapeake Energy &#8212; has won a dubious award. 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