Associated Press: Touted as good, "green" policy, a proposal to impose the state’s first tax on carbon dioxide emissions survived less than a day after its birth in the House. But, then, some House members never thought addressing environmental issues was the real point of the proposal. The House voted 74-51 against a bill Tuesday to impose a tax of $37 for each ton of excess CO2 emissions by four large utilities. The night before, members had voted 78-42 to add the proposal to a bill …