Bloomberg
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2021-03-05
It’s Too Late for Big Oil’s Pivot to a Carbon Tax
The American Petroleum Institute is considering endorsing a carbon price. That’s a big shift, but a carbon price alone is not good climate policy.
The Washington Post
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2021-03-02
Top oil and gas lobbying group close to backing a carbon tax
The American Petroleum Institute, the top lobbying group for the oil and gas industry, is moving toward endorsing a carbon tax. But analysts debate whether API sees it as a way to undercut other policies or as a step forward on climate change.
Earther
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2021-03-02
Big Oil Hints Support for Carbon Tax—But Money Tells a Different Story
The American Petroleum Institute, which is the nation’s largest lobbying group for the oil and gas industry, is planning to endorse levying a price on carbon pollution. But it's political giving includes millions to ensure climate legislation never passes.
The Guardian
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2021-03-04
Republicans used oil industry-backed study to criticize Deb Haaland
Senators posed misleading questions as they cited findings of a widely criticized research report
The Washington Post
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2021-02-26
Biden is hiking up the cost of carbon. It will change how U.S. tackles global warming
President Biden is dramatically altering the way the U.S. government calculates the real-world cost of climate change, a move that could reshape a range of consequential decisions, from whether to allow new coal leasing on federal land to what sort of steel is used in taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects.
Los Angeles Times
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2021-02-25
Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy secretary
New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will be a key player in President Biden's vision for a green economy as the U.S. fights to slow climate change.