burden

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Newsom’s revised budget proposal, which was unveiled last month, would cut $367.7 million from the program and shift some of that financial burden onto counties.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But criticism is mounting from some member states, including Germany and Italy, as well as major firms that the ETS is an added burden at a time industry is already struggling.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Now that rates have risen, he has started selling off chunks of his companies—and ceding some equity to lenders—to lower his debt burden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In countries like Egypt, where sunlight is ample and the price of oil has created a massive burden on consumers, renewable energy is an absolute necessity.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Its major advocates were South Carolina and Georgia, and the chief burden for making the case in the Constitutional Convention fell almost entirely on the South Carolina delegation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis