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So today saw the kind of cooperation that is needed on a much more widespread scale, as both Republican and Democratic governors saw eye-to-eye in the US over wind farms and the possibility of a carbon tax. 

As the Guardian points out, such a tax would offer the US government a great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone - climate change and the country's budget crisis. It is this kind of incentivizing that will go a long way to encouraging businesses and governments alike to adopt more environmental measures. 

A little closer to home, the potential is also being realised, with some consideration going to how the revenue could most effectively be spent: Carbon tax could boost economy and combat fuel poverty