When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for…
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear
August 2, 2019
Are Conservatives Embracing a Carbon Tax?
August 1, 2019
The idea is gaining steam, but has yet to win over the GOP mainstream.
Carbon tax shows new signs of life in Congress
July 26, 2019
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are introducing competing bills that aim to put a tax on…
Republican climate hawk Francis Rooney to introduce carbon tax bill that cuts payroll taxes
July 24, 2019
Republican Rep. Francis Rooney is introducing a carbon tax bill Thursday that would use most of the revenue to reduce…
Carbon Tax Would Offset Payroll Tax Cuts in Republican’s Bill
July 23, 2019
Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), who in the past has backed carbon tax bills backed by Democrats, plans to introduce his…
Daily on Energy: Democratic and Republican climate hawks jostle for attention ahead of recess
July 23, 2019
Climate hawks in both parties are angling ahead of Congress’ six-week August recess to demonstrate momentum, even if there is…
Daily on Energy: GOP-aligned groups make the fiscal case for a carbon tax on Capitol Hill
July 22, 2019
The conservative group Alliance for Market Solutions is set to make the fiscal case for a carbon tax with a…
Revenue-neutral carbon tax: The climate policy that could appeal to conservatives
July 12, 2019
It would reduce income taxes, but polluters would pay taxes on carbon emissions.
Inside economists’ decadeslong slog on carbon taxes
June 25, 2019
If carbon taxes had a godmother, her name might be Adele Morris. The Princeton University-educated economist has worked on the…