Duke Energy’s Paul Anderson recently did what no other major power company CEO has done before: he called for a national tax on carbon dioxide emissions to stave off global warming. Host Steve Curwood talks with Professor John Holdren of Harvard University about how the news is hitting Duke’s shareholders, and why an emissions tax might be to the company’s advantage.
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