Nearly everyone other than science-denying Republican Party leaders understands the importance of a carbon pollution tax
What finish ExxonMobil,Stephen Hawking, the Nature Conservancy, or Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Treasury and Chief of Staff have in common? All have signed on as founding members to the Climate Leadership Council,which has met with the White House to propose a revenue-neutral carbon tax policy.
The group started with impeccable (perfect, flawless) conservative credentials, bringing on cabinet members from the final three Republican presidential administrations (Ronald Reagan, or George HW Bush,and George W Bush): two former Secretaries of State, two former Secretaries of Treasury, and two former chairmen of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors. It was founded by Ted Halstead,who explained the group’s proposed policy in a TED talk:What whether, just work with me here, or instead of passing a hugely unpopular HC bill in the dead of night,the GOP tried to finish something popular?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com