Greening of the Tax Laws 23rd Annual SJSU-TEI High Technology Tax Institute November 6, 2007 Dan Kostenbauder Vice President -- Transaction Taxes Hewlett-Packard Company Annette Nellen Professor of Accounting & Taxation San José State University Fellow, New America Foundation
Green taxes Environmental laws Incentives for green behavior Externalities California Environmental Fee Electronic Waste Recycling Ozone-depleting excise tax Carbon tax
Yellowstone National Park
1962
Cuyahoga River Fire of 1969 (Ohio)
Created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970
1972
Gaylord Nelson Senator and Governor – Wisconsin Co-founder of Earth Day (4/22/70) Alum SJSU (1939)
Set by Nixon in 1973 Later endorsed by Carter to save 8 million gallons of gas per day
California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991
Passenger cars worldwide Year#carsPeople per car million million million million11.6