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Democrats Weigh Carbon Tax [View all]
Democrats Weigh Carbon Tax
October 16, 2021 at 11:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/16/democrats-weigh-carbon-tax/
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“Some House and Senate Democrats, smarting from a move by Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, to kill a major element of President Biden’s climate plan, are switching to Plan B: a tax on carbon dioxide pollution,” the New York Times reports
“A carbon tax, in which polluting industries would pay a fee for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit, is seen by economists as the most effective way to cut the fossil fuel emissions that are heating the planet.”
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