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	<title><![CDATA[HUMMER TAX: Massachusetts Considers Higher Fees For Gas Guzzlers]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/19/hummer-tax-massachusetts_n_168236.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Another day, another financial incentive for people to go green -- Massachusetts is considering requiring owners of inefficient vehicles to pay more for registration in what is being called a <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/02/governor_patric_9.html">Hummer Tax</a>:</p>

<blockquote>Governor Deval Patrick said today he is looking at a Hummer tax -- adding higher registration fees for gas-guzzling cars and offering discounts for those that do less harm to the environment. One industry opponent said it would be the first such fee in the nation on the...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-02-19T11:45:00-05:00</date_published>
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