Congress weighs reinstating “superfund tax” on chemical, oil industries

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Congress is considering reviving taxes on the chemical and petroleum industries to pay for cleanup of polluted sites.  The taxes are meant to shift at least some of the cleanup costs from general taxpayers to the polluting industries, though industry leaders fear the taxes will make them less competitive internationally.  “They’re pretty much doubling the

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