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US Republican elders push for carbon tax

Published 03:42 on February 8, 2017  /  Last updated at 23:51 on February 8, 2017  / Stian Reklev /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, US

A group of former US Republican lawmakers led by ex-cabinet members James Baker and George Shultz is meeting with Trump Administration officials on Wednesday to push a tax-and-dividend scheme on carbon emissions that would also include CO2-based border adjustments on imports from nations without emissions pricing.
A group of former US Republican lawmakers led by ex-cabinet members James Baker and George Shultz is meeting with Trump Administration officials on Wednesday to push a tax-and-dividend scheme on carbon emissions that would also include CO2-based border adjustments on imports from nations without emissions pricing.


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