IFA: Carbon tax to cost rural Ireland ‘millions’. Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/ifa-carbon-tax-to-cost-rural-ireland-millions-112763.html#ixzz0gOWg5ds5

clipped from www.irishexaminer.com THE carbon tax will cost ruralIreland millions of euro, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) claimed yesterday. It said that "Strive", the Environmental Protection Agency/Economic and Social Research Institute report published last week, shows the impact of the tax varies from €25 per household per year (inner city) to €275 in some rural areas. Mr Downey said the €330 million that the carbon tax siphons out of the economy will be at the expense of jobs, as companies introduce cuts to meet the bill. "The carbon tax will have a disproportionate negative impact on rural households. The average annual cost of the carbon tax would be 2.6 times greater on rural households compared with households in the cities.

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clipped from www.usatoday.com Pastor Carl Samples says his flock's faith hasn't wavered, even after their sanctuary was destroyed in the latest in a string of East Texas church fires that authorities say were deliberately set. "I think it's drawn us closer together. It's just kind of increased our faith," said Samples, whose Dover Baptist Church was a total loss but for the steeple that survived the blaze Monday night. Investigators with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined state and local fire officials this week in sifting through the charred remains for clues at Dover and at another church 3 miles away, Clear Spring Missionary Baptist Church, which was reported on fire a short time later. Both churches serve a rural area outside Tyler, Texas. "They were big ones. They're not to the ground, but they'll be total losses," he said.

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