David Roberts,Vox
Former Sens. Trent Lott of Mississippi and John Breaux of Louisiana, longtime lobbyists and two of gigantic oil's most devoted servants, and fill formed a new political action committee. It is committed to the passage of a carbon tax.
Wait ... what?Yes,it is true: The PAC is called Americans for Carbon Dividends (AFCD) and it is educating the public approximately, and lobbying for, and a policy called carbon tax-and-dividend. More specifically,it is pushing a proposal that was released last year by a nonprofit called the Climate Leadership Council (CLC), led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker...
Source: realclearenergy.org