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April 17, 2024

Council Statement on White House Climate and Trade Task Force

WASHINGTON, DC – Catrina Rorke, executive director of the Climate Leadership Council’s Center for Climate and Trade, issued the following statement regarding senior advisor... Read More

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April 3, 2024

The Relative CBAM Cost Burden

Starting in 2026, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will begin charging importers for the emissions associated with the manufacturing of certain products.... Read More

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April 3, 2024

Projecting CBAM Impacts

Import fees based on emissions intensity are just around the corner. The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is in effect and on January... Read More

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February 14, 2024

When Climate Action is Justified, Carbon Import Fees Are Warranted

Momentum continues to build worldwide for the use of carbon import fees, policies that charge importers for the emissions embedded in traded goods. The... Read More

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February 1, 2024

The PROVE IT Act is a Win for U.S. Industry and the Environment

On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works advanced the bipartisan "Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency... Read More

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January 30, 2024

The PROVE IT Act Explained

The Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity Act, or PROVE IT Act, directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to study and report the average... Read More

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January 17, 2024

PROVE IT Act Letter of Support

The Climate Leadership Council, alongside 11 other organizations representing business, industry, and advocacy groups, submitted the following letter to members of the Senate Committee... Read More

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January 10, 2024

Carbon Import Fees: Active and Proposed Policies

This blog post will be updated as more details emerge. Climate and trade policies are gaining momentum across the world, partly due to an... Read More

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January 9, 2024

Climate Leadership Council Welcomes Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky and Véronique Bardach to Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council is pleased to announce the addition of two distinguished members to its board of directors: Charlene Barshefsky,... Read More

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December 19, 2023

Key Takeaways from COP28

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, concluded last week in Dubai. Over the course of 13 days, the conference brought... Read More

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December 13, 2023

Climate Conversations: Clean Competition Act with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

COP28 featured the first-ever ‘Trade Day’, at least nine countries have started formal explorations of carbon import fees, and multiple pieces of climate and... Watch Now

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December 7, 2023

Council Statement on Rep. Fitzpatrick’s MARKET CHOICE Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement on Representative Brian Fitzpatrick’s (R-PA) MARKET CHOICE Act, co-sponsored by Representative... Read More

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December 6, 2023

The Clean Competition Act: No (WTO) Exceptions Necessary?

There are rules, and then there are exceptions to the rules. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has both, as illustrated by the recent trade... Read More

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December 6, 2023

Council Statement on Senator Whitehouse and Representative DelBene’s Clean Competition Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Suzan DelBene’s (D-WA-1) Clean Competition... Read More

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November 15, 2023

In Brief: Carbon Import Fees and the WTO

In September, we released the report Carbon Import Fees and the WTO, a first-of-its-kind legal analysis of how different climate and trade policy proposals... Read More

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November 2, 2023

Climate Policy, WTO Rules, and the Fork in the Road

As Yogi Berra observed, predictions are hard to make, particularly about the future. But that hasn’t stopped critics of Senator Bill Cassidy’s recently introduced... Read More

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November 2, 2023

International Climate Policy: Collaboration, Competition, or Both?

On November 2, 2023, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced his Foreign Pollution Fee Act with support from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). This long-awaited proposal... Read More

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November 2, 2023

Council Statement on Senator Cassidy’s Foreign Pollution Fee Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement on Senator Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023,... Read More

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October 10, 2023

Potential CBAM Impacts on U.S. Industry

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the world’s first carbon import fee on internationally traded goods, entered its inaugural phase on October 1,... Read More

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The Washington Times | September 26, 2023

Pass the PROVE IT Act to show America’s excellence outperforms foreign competition

American manufacturers are among the best in the world, but competition from cheap goods from overseas is undercutting our workers and shuttering our factories.... Read More

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September 20, 2023

The Climate-Trade Nexus & the WTO: Friend or Foe?

Carbon import fees are under serious consideration by the U.S. Senate. But would this type of policy stand up if challenged by the World... Watch Now

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Inside U.S. Trade | September 20, 2023

Analysts: Carbon border fees can be compatible with WTO rules

While World Trade Organization rules do not provide explicitly for carbon-related border fee arrangements such as a carbon border adjustment mechanism, various provisions in... Read More

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September 19, 2023

Analysis: Carbon Import Fees are Consistent with WTO Rules

Popular Climate and Trade Policy Proposals Expected to Comply with International Agreements WASHINGTON, DC – A first-of-its kind legal analysis released today by the... Read More

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September 12, 2023

Climate Leadership Council Welcomes Scott Nystrom as Director of Policy and Research

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council announced today that Scott Nystrom, who most recently co-led FTI Consulting’s North American economic impact group, has... Read More

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E&E News | September 8, 2023

Lawmakers eye committee action on carbon tariff bill

Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of Congress are coalescing around a bill that would build the case for tariffs on carbon-intensive imports. But... Read More

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The Office of Senator Kevin Cramer | September 7, 2023

Sens. Cramer, Coons Participate in Panel Discussion, Highlight PROVE IT Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined the Climate... Read More

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Axios Pro | September 7, 2023

PROVE IT Companionship

Democrat Scott Peters and Republican John Curtis plan to introduce a House version of the PROVE IT Act, the bipartisan carbon data bill making... Read More

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E&E News | September 7, 2023

Popular Senate carbon tariff bill gains House champions

As interest grows in a Senate proposal to calculate the emissions intensity of industrial materials produced in the U.S., two lawmakers are getting ready... Read More

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September 7, 2023

Climate Conversations: Understanding the PROVE IT Act

In this installment of the Climate Leadership Council’s Climate Conversations series with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Thursday, September 7.... Watch Now

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September 6, 2023

Climate Leadership Council Launches Ad Campaign Highlighting America’s Carbon Advantage

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council today launched a month-long digital ad campaign to educate the D.C. policy community about America’s Carbon Advantage.... Read More

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August 23, 2023

CBAM Emissions Accounting – Thorough Guidance with Too Much Flexibility

The EU has finalized rules to govern the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) transition phase, which imposes a reporting requirement on importers of select... Read More

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August 18, 2023

Will the International Interest in Carbon Import Fees Lead to a Carbon Club?

Carbon import fees—a price imposed on imported goods based on their carbon intensity, largely targeting energy-intensive and trade-exposed products—are gaining traction as an important... Read More

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August 2, 2023

Economic Protectionism v. Environmental Protection

Interest in climate and trade policy is growing as the EU prepares to implement its CBAM and multiple U.S. senators explore their own ideas... Read More

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July 20, 2023

Principles for Well-Designed Carbon Intensity Import Fees in the United States

Trade is a mass disseminator of resources, technology, and best practices. And yet, it is the most underdeveloped tool in the climate playbook. Increasingly,... Read More

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July 3, 2023

T-3 Months Until CBAM Launch: Rules Released for the Transition Phase

In May of 2022, the European Parliament officially approved its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to charge carbon-intensive imports for their emissions. Before it... Read More

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RepublicEn | June 20, 2023

EcoRight Speaks, season six, episode nineteen: Greg Bertelsen

You have heard us talk here on the podcast about possible legislation involving a carbon border adjust mechanism (CBAM). A carbon border adjustment mechanism applies a... Read More

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June 20, 2023

Articulating the U.S. Carbon Advantage

Climate Leadership Council research has demonstrated that American manufacturers across industries are highly carbon efficient compared to overseas competitors. This “carbon advantage” was initially... Read More

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Axios Pro | June 8, 2023

Senators introduce carbon border data bill

Chris Coons and Kevin Cramer have unveiled the CBAM data bill we told you about Tuesday. ... Of note: The bill has a sizable group... Read More

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E&E News | June 8, 2023

Bipartisan bill would lay groundwork for U.S. carbon tariffs

Senators from both parties have signed on to legislation that would calculate the emissions intensity of industrial materials produced in the United States. It’s... Read More

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June 7, 2023

Statement on Bipartisan PROVE IT Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement welcoming the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency... Read More

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The Concord Coalition | May 24, 2023

Facing the Future: Border Carbon Adjustments Gain Bipartisan Attention In Congress

This week on Facing the Future, a welcome respite from talk of the debt ceiling crisis to focus on an interesting legislative concept getting considerable... Read More

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NPR | May 17, 2023

How a European law might get companies around the world to cut climate pollution

The European Union is ushering in a new era of international trade that could help rein in climate change. Lawmakers for the group of... Read More

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E&E News | May 16, 2023

Climate group with GOP roots a go-to for tariff push

Four senators — two Democratic, two Republican — plan to unveil proposals in coming weeks that would slap a tariff on carbon-intensive goods coming... Read More

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May 11, 2023

Statement on Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Power Plant Rules

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant regulations: “The EPA’s proposed... Read More

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May 4, 2023

Climate Leadership Council CEO Named to Washingtonian's Most Influential People List

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council is pleased to announce that CEO Greg Bertelsen has been named to Washingtonian’s prestigious 500 Most Influential People list in... Read More

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May 2, 2023

Why Charge Imports for their Carbon Emissions?

Over the past two years, U.S. lawmakers have expressed growing interest in border carbon adjustments (BCA), pollution import fees, and new trade deals to... Read More

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April 12, 2023

How Carbon Pricing Accelerates Innovation & Deployment

It’s widely accepted that decarbonizing the global economy will be essential for stopping many of the detrimental effects associated with global warming, but so... Read More

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Roll Call | April 12, 2023

As European tax looms, a border fee draws bipartisan focus

On both sides of Capitol Hill, there is budding interest in implementing taxes on carbon-intensive goods that enter the U.S., though Democrats and Republicans... Read More

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March 20, 2023

Are Tariff Rates on Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed (EITE) Goods Contributing to the Carbon Loophole?

Climate change, supply chain issues, and geopolitical concerns are sparking new questions about the status quo of trade policies. To meaningfully address these challenges,... Read More

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Axios | March 16, 2023

Carbon tariff talks start

A bipartisan group of senators and staffers met with NGOs on Thursday morning to talk about carbon tariffs. The discussions are nascent, but the... Read More

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February 27, 2023

Climate Leadership Council Welcomes Conner Brace to Bolster Policy and Government Relations Efforts

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council announced today that Conner Brace has joined the Council as Director, Policy and Government Relations. “Conner Brace... Read More

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RepublicEn | February 14, 2023

EcoRight Speaks, season six, episode two: Catrina Rorke

Catrina Rorke, the executive director of the Center for Climate and Trade, joins RepublicEn's EcoRight Speaks. Last year, she came on the show to talk... Read More

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February 9, 2023

Carbon Pricing in the Shipping Industry

Emissions from international shipping have climbed rapidly over the last decade and could account for more than 17% of global emissions by 2050. Yet... Read More

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January 20, 2023

Climate Policy in 2023

2022 was a pivotal year for climate policy. Congress passed the biggest climate bill in U.S. history, the EU reached a deal on a... Read More

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Penta | January 18, 2023

Closing the carbon loophole with the Climate Leadership Council

Council CEO Greg Bertelsen and Senior Vice President of Policy and Research Catrina Rorke joined Penta’s What’s at Stake podcast to discuss some of the Council’s... Read More

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The Hill | December 23, 2022

EU CBAM highlights need for US climate strategy

After months of negotiation, the EU has reached a provisional agreement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Starting in October 2023, EU imports... Read More

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November 30, 2022

The Climate Club: Creating a More Effective Arena for Climate Mitigation

In November, COP27 culminated with international agreement to form a new “Loss and Damage” Fund, in which developed countries would compensate developing countries for... Read More

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November 28, 2022

Next Step After COP: Plugging the Carbon Loophole

At the U.N.’s COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt earlier this month, world leaders met to discuss and debate various proposals to minimize... Read More

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November 15, 2022

New Analysis: Nearly 1/4 of Global GHG Emissions Associated with Internationally Traded Goods

Report Finds “Carbon Loophole” Undermines Emission Reduction Targets WASHINGTON, DC – Data analysis released Tuesday by the Climate Leadership Council and Global Efficiency Intelligence... Read More

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November 10, 2022

Transatlantic Climate and Trade Relations: Conflict or Cooperation?

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, with its $369 billion commitment to addressing climate change, has been described as the... Read More

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November 4, 2022

Republican Voters Want Climate Leadership: A How-To Guide for Republican Leaders

In the annals of traditional Republican orthodoxy, climate change was viewed as a progressive issue, but that’s changing rapidly as a growing number of... Read More

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Time | November 4, 2022

We've Made Big Steps in Fighting Climate Change. Here's What's Next

This summer, a political miracle occurred. Against powerful opposition and long odds, despite being written off by pundits, and by the narrowest of margins,... Read More

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November 2, 2022

The Kigali Amendment is a Win for Climate and U.S. Industry

When the Senate ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on September 21 by a vote of 69 to 27, twenty-one Republicans joined... Read More

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November 1, 2022

Poll: Reliable Republican Voters Value Climate Policy that Leverages U.S. Carbon Advantage

WASHINGTON, DC — Republican voters are motivated by climate solutions that leverage the strength and efficiency of the U.S. economy to lower global emissions.... Read More

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Washington Examiner | October 12, 2022

Young conservatives more energized about GOP-led climate agenda, experts say

A majority of young Republican voters say they want their GOP members of Congress to work on climate initiatives, according to a recent study by the Climate Leadership Council. The results revealed that... Read More

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Plugged In | October 11, 2022

'Glass all the way full': Young conservatives embrace GOP-led climate goals

"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen to talk about how recent polling shows... Read More

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Washington Post | October 10, 2022

Half of voters say climate change is important in midterms, poll finds

With less than a month until Election Day, roughly half of registered voters say climate change is either “very important” or “one of the... Read More

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October 4, 2022

Poll: Reliable Republican Voters Support GOP Action on Climate

Analysis Shows House Conservative Climate Caucus Members Triumphed Handily in 2022 Primary Elections WASHINGTON, DC – New analysis from the Climate Leadership Council and... Read More

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September 27, 2022

New Study Highlights Carbon Advantage of U.S. Chemicals Industry

The chemicals industry can play a pivotal role in decarbonizing the global economy. Chemical products serve as ingredients in the fuels and technologies that... Read More

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September 27, 2022

Why Does America Have a Carbon Advantage?

The United States is one of the world’s most carbon efficient economies, producing goods with far less emissions than almost any other economy. This... Read More

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September 13, 2022

The U.S. Carbon Advantage in Chemicals Manufacturing

The Climate Leadership Council’s Center for Climate and Trade hosted a virtual event unveiling a first-of-its-kind study on America’s carbon efficiency advantage in the chemicals... Watch Now

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September 13, 2022

New Report Finds U.S. Chemical Manufacturers Up to Two Times More Carbon Efficient Than Global Competitors

More Carbon Efficient U.S. Chemical Production Could be Leveraged for Economic and Climate Benefit WASHINGTON, DC – The United States chemicals manufacturing industry has... Read More

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August 12, 2022

Looking Ahead

The Council Discusses What Comes Next for U.S. Climate Policy By most accounts, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant climate bill... Read More

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August 1, 2022

Assessing Impacts to U.S. Industry from the EU’s Proposed CBAM 

We at the Council analyzed the impact of a European Union plan to charge certain carbon-intensive goods for the emissions released during their production. Though the... Read More

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RealClearEnergy | July 7, 2022

A Carbon Border Fee Could Unify Conservatives (and Progressives, Too)

With climate stakeholders scrambling in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on West Virginia v. EPA at the end of the session, the... Read More

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July 6, 2022

Climate Leadership Council Welcomes International Law Expert Matthew Porterfield to Policy and Research Team

Porterfield Adds New Depth to Council’s Emergent Center for Climate and Trade WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council announced today that international trade... Read More

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June 30, 2022

Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants underscores the need for... Read More

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June 30, 2022

Statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement regarding Supreme Court’s decision on the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority: “Today’s... Read More

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June 28, 2022

Does a BCA Require a Carbon Price?

Across continents and political aisles border carbon adjustments (BCAs) have been gaining increasing attention and interest among policymakers. This is encouraging. Setting the global... Read More

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The Hill | June 26, 2022

Biden administration should chart strategy for US solar

The move by the Biden administration to intervene in a dispute over tariffs on solar parts from Southeast Asia poses a key question: what is our... Read More

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June 24, 2022

European Parliament Passes CBAM

The European Parliament approved a plan this week to charge some imports for their emissions in a big step towards harmonizing climate and trade in one... Read More

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E&E News | June 16, 2022

Carbon tariffs are coming. Here’s how the U.S. is preparing

The world’s first carbon border fee was always expected to roil nations that export their emissions through polluting goods. Now it could go further... Read More

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June 15, 2022

What Industries Import the Most Emissions to the U.S.?

Where and how goods are made has a huge impact on how much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere during their manufacture. Most... Read More

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June 6, 2022

A Border Adjustment Would Promote U.S. Energy Security and Weaken Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the West searching for tools to weaken Vladimir Putin and deter Russian aggression. There’s a way to neutralize... Read More

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June 2, 2022

Next Up for Carbon Accounting: ‘Cradle-to-Border’ Emissions

Border carbon adjustments are gaining momentum in Washington as a way to reward trade in low-carbon goods and boost clean, U.S. manufacturers. To implement... Read More

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June 2, 2022

The G7 + Climate Club: A Path to Global Decarbonization

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz On May 20, the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank governors released a communique stating their intent to explore... Read More

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E&E News | May 26, 2022

This GOP Senator Wants to Be in a Global Climate Club

…The role of trade in climate policy has recently gained traction among a small group of Republican senators, who argue that carbon border fees... Read More

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The Office of Senator Kevin Cramer | May 26, 2022

Sen. Cramer Participates in a Conversation with the Climate Leadership Council

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined the Climate Leadership Council for a conversation... Read More

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May 25, 2022

A Conversation with Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Integrating climate with trade policy has emerged as an area of bipartisanship in Congress. In a recent joint letter to President Biden, Senators Kevin... Watch Now

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U.S. Department of the Treasury | May 20, 2022

G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Communiqué

Read the statement from the U.S. Treasury: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT The G7 reaffirms its steadfast commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement and... Read More

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May 18, 2022

Biden Admin to Aim High on Climate-Trade Deals

The Center for Climate and Trade hosted its first in-person event last week, and if we had to pick one takeaway from the discussion... Read More

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Inside U.S. Trade | May 11, 2022

USTR’s Peisch: Emissions-Focused Trade Tools Could Drive ‘Race to the Top’

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative believes trade tools offer significant untapped potential for reducing global emissions and plans to address such measures... Read More

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April 29, 2022

Why We Should Leverage U.S. Solar’s Carbon Advantage

Worldwide solar capacity has increased over two thousand-fold in the last 20 years to more than 700 gigawatts, putting solar power at the center... Read More

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April 6, 2022

Emissions from Imports: An Untapped Opportunity for Decarbonization

When we tally a country’s carbon emissions, we typically consider only those emissions generated within its borders. But this approach misses an important dynamic... Read More

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March 22, 2022

Carbon Pricing: The Best Way to Achieve the Power Grid of the Future

When the electricity system fails, the consequences can be deadly. The 2021 outages in Texas due to extreme cold are estimated to have killed... Read More

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March 22, 2022

We Have the Data We Need to Track Emissions in Global Trade

As the idea of using trade mechanisms to reduce climate emissions gains steam around the world, a common claim is that companies lack the... Read More

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March 16, 2022

Climate Conversations: Ensuring Grid Reliability in the Clean Energy Transition

Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and duration, placing unprecedented strains on the U.S. electric grid and power systems. At the same time,... Watch Now

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March 16, 2022

New Report: Carbon Pricing is Essential for Achieving a Clean, Reliable Energy Grid

Senator Hickenlooper (D-CO), former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, and Vistra Corp. CEO Curt Morgan make the case for carbon pricing at virtual event WASHINGTON,... Read More

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February 15, 2022

New Center for Climate and Trade will Advance Global Climate Policy Solutions

Charlene Barshefsky, James Connaughton, and Jennifer Hillman will serve as co-chairs WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council announced a new Center for Climate... Read More

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E&E News | February 15, 2022

New policy group will focus on climate and trade

The bipartisan Climate Leadership Council launched a new center today aimed at shaping U.S. trade policies to rein in rising emissions. It comes as... Read More

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February 2, 2022

Statement Welcoming Bipartisan Climate Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement welcoming the bipartisan National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS)... Read More

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Energy Monitor | January 13, 2022

The US-EU green steel deal: Climate breakthrough or lipstick on a pig?

US President Joe Biden was handed a number of ticking time bombs by his predecessor Donald Trump. One of them was an ongoing trade... Read More

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Foreign Policy | December 23, 2021

Use Climate and Trade Policy to Counter Putin’s Playbook

... We have an opportunity to counter Putin’s playbook with a bold initiative consistent with European priorities: a transatlantic climate and trade initiative that... Read More

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Foreign Policy | November 29, 2021

How to Make a Carbon Club Work

The United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland—known as COP26—closed on Nov. 13 with a new climate agreement: the Glasgow Climate Pact. The pact... Read More

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CNBC | November 15, 2021

As climate change policy takes shape, will the U.S. ever put a price on carbon?

The world needs to reduce carbon levels, and one way is through a carbon tax, a strategy the U.S. has been debating for decades. ... In a plan put together by... Read More

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Financial Times | November 3, 2021

A green deal to cull Trump-era metals tariffs

Another week passes, and another Trump-era trade irritant between the US and EU has been partially resolved. This time it’s the 2018 steel and... Read More

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Wall Street Journal | November 2, 2021

Tariffs to Tackle Climate Change Gain Momentum. The Idea Could Reshape Industries.

Governments in the U.S., Europe and other developed nations are embarking on a climate-change experiment: using tariffs on trade to cut carbon emissions. The idea has... Read More

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Forbes | November 1, 2021

Pricing Carbon Emissions To Tackle Climate Change Beats Regulations

As world leaders convene at the Glasgow Climate Summit, the over-riding issue is what can be done to tackle climate change now that the United... Read More

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November 1, 2021

U.S-E.U. Steel and Aluminum Agreement Establishes Important Foundation for Linking Climate and Trade

Nationwide carbon price + border carbon adjustment would fully unlock America’s carbon advantage WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen welcomed news... Read More

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Wall Street Journal | October 30, 2021

At G-20 Summit, U.S. Agrees to Relax Tariffs on European Steel

The U.S. and the European Union have reached a deal to ease U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that date to former President Donald... Read More

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October 28, 2021

Don’t Believe the Hype: A BCA Is Doable (and We’re Doing Most of It Already)

The Climate Leadership Council hosts a briefing on the building blocks we already have that make border adjustments entirely feasible and even inevitable. Catrina Rorke, the Council’s Vice President for Policy, outlines a new report, “Don’t Believe the Hype: A BCA Is Doable (and We’re Doing Most of It Already),” and moderates a panel discussion with climate and trade experts. Watch Now

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Washington Examiner | October 27, 2021

New Polling Shows GOP Support for BCA

The Climate Leadership Council, a GOP-backed group supporting a carbon tax that returns the revenue to taxpayers, is out with polling this morning showing... Read More

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October 27, 2021

Report: Border Carbon Adjustments are Necessary and Doable

Polling from battleground states shows strong support for the policy among voters  WASHINGTON, DC – By enacting ambitious climate policy through a carbon fee,... Read More

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E&E News | October 21, 2021

Chatterjee on climate, FERC fights and his ‘cooling off’ period

This spring, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high. As of this week, the fate of major federal climate change legislation... Read More

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Forbes | October 21, 2021

Hugely Important Moments Of Truth Loom For Carbon Pricing Policy: Bold Leadership Required Now

Two climate moments of truth loom on the immediate horizon. The first will occur in Washington, DC before the end of October, and pertains... Read More

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Washington Examiner | October 6, 2021

Sheldon Whitehouse says carbon pricing is ‘highly likely’ for Democratic spending package

A new fee on carbon emissions is "highly likely" to be included in Democrats’ climate and social spending package and the Biden administration is... Read More

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October 1, 2021

CEO Greg Bertelsen explains how the right climate policy can strengthen American competitiveness

“If we were to price carbon and then access that same fee at the border, our manufacturers would win across the board in every region of our country. We would max out capacity – which means more jobs. We would increase profit. We would increase revenue.” Watch Now

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September 27, 2021

Ted Halstead Climate Conversation Series: Inaugural Session

Watch the inaugural event in honor of the late policy entrepreneur and founder of New America and the Climate Leadership Council, Ted Halstead. This new event series will bring together business, environmental, and political leaders to discuss the most relevant climate policy topics of the day and explore opportunities for lasting solutions. Watch Now

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September 16, 2021

Climate Leadership Council Calls for Bipartisan Climate Action at Event Honoring Late Founder Ted Halstead

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen said the Baker-Shultz carbon dividends plan is a model for bipartisan climate policy during an... Read More

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September 15, 2021

A Tribute to Ted Halstead

A Tribute to Ted Halstead, which debuted at our inaugural Ted Halstead Climate Conversation Series Watch Now

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Washington Examiner | August 30, 2021

Former Republican FERC chairman joins group promoting carbon tax

Neil Chatterjee, during his tenure as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was eager to be among the first Republicans in government to signal... Read More

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August 30, 2021

Climate Leadership Council Taps Former FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen announced that the Council has hired Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee... Read More

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The Hill | August 5, 2021

What if the US taxed fossil fuels and gave a check to every American? Turns out, most of the public is into that idea

In 1992 at the Rio de Janeiro United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities was codified... Read More

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Forbes | August 3, 2021

This Climate Bill Would Actually Send Checks To Americans. Can It Help Save The Planet And Grow Our Economy?

... Do Republicans Hate It? That depends on who you ask. A notable group — including James A. Baker, Henry Paulson, George P. Shultz,... Read More

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The Hill | July 28, 2021

Why a price is right for carbon

In their new budget plan, Senate Democrats call for a tax on imports from high-emitting countries, but they lack a carbon price at home.... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | July 20, 2021

How to Make China Pay for Carbon Emissions

As the European Union contemplates a carbon border-adjustment mechanism, the U.S. has everything to gain from moving first to establish the new rules around... Read More

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Washington Examiner | July 15, 2021

The EU and US dip into a carbon trade fight

The European Union rolled out a plan this week to impose “climate tariffs” against countries that lack aggressive emissions-reduction policies, potentially presaging a trade... Read More

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Time | July 15, 2021

After Decades of Offering Climate Carrots, Europe Adds a Stick In Its 'Fit for 55' Policy Roadmap

The European Union unveiled a new policy roadmap Wednesday designed to slash its emissions 55% over the next decade. The plan calls for a strengthening of... Read More

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E&E News | July 15, 2021

‘Way out in front’: E.U. races ahead with muscular carbon plan

Europe announced climate actions yesterday that would reshape the continent’s economy by eliminating gasoline cars, catapulting renewable energy over fossil fuels and discouraging carbon-heavy... Read More

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Washington Examiner | July 14, 2021

Wiggle room for the US?

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday during meetings with EU officials in Brussels that countries such as the U.S. that are regulating carbon dioxide emissions using... Read More

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July 14, 2021

Statement on International Momentum on Carbon Pricing and Border Carbon Adjustments

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement on the G20 finance ministers’ endorsement of carbon pricing and the... Read More

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Washington Post | July 11, 2021

The ‘smart’ carbon pricing plan

Climate change damage is greatly accelerating, so we must address how to greatly decelerate greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon tax framework proposed by James A. Baker III... Read More

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July 8, 2021

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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The Washington Post | July 4, 2021

The Smart Way to Reduce Emissions and Outmaneuver Our Rivals

[….] Most nations won’t risk their own economic well-being in the hope of reversing what is clearly a global problem. And it would be... Read More

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E&E News | June 17, 2021

1st carbon border tax is coming. What it means for the U.S.

The European Union is close to outlining its plan for the world's first border tax on carbon emissions, and the effort has elicited a... Read More

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Bloomberg | June 16, 2021

Pay for the Infrastructure Bill With a Carbon Tax

Even if negotiators in Washington reach an agreement on a package to improve the nation’s infrastructure, paying for it will prove a major obstacle.... Read More

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Washington Examiner | May 26, 2021

How the US steel industry could benefit from a carbon tax and 'border adjustment'

Both the United States steel industry and the environment would be big winners if policymakers imposed a new tax on carbon-intensive imports with a... Read More

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Bloomberg | May 26, 2021

Carbon Tax Could Boost U.S. Steel, Other Industries

A carbon tax could give U.S. steel makers and other industries a leg up on foreign imports—if combined with a border tariff on more... Read More

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E&E News | May 26, 2021

CO2 border tax would help U.S. reach climate goals — report

The Biden administration is reaching deep into its toolbox for ways to lower carbon emissions and boost U.S. manufacturing. So far, that hasn't included... Read More

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May 26, 2021

Case Study: Carbon Dividends Can Grow the U.S. Steel Industry

Analysis bolsters case for carbon fee and border carbon adjustment to boost domestic manufacturing and jobs across the U.S. economy while lowering global emissions... Read More

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Financial Times | May 23, 2021

China and US look to rekindle Paris bond to reach net zero

Last month, two veteran diplomats met in Shanghai to renew a 20-year-old working relationship and hammer out the text of a sensitive joint communiqué.... Read More

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May 7, 2021

Statement Welcoming Bipartisan Climate Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement welcoming the introduction of the Market Choice Act of 2021: “Putting... Read More

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Washington Examiner | April 28, 2021

How Republicans are constructing an America First climate policy

Earlier this week, Kevin McCarthy, leader of Republicans in the House of Representatives, announced the formation of a task force on climate change. Led... Read More

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April 20, 2021

Statement Welcoming Bipartisan Climate Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement welcoming the introduction of the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act of... Read More

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Bloomberg | April 19, 2021

U.S. Could Halve Emissions Using Only a Carbon Tax

The U.S. could halve its emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide by 2035, solely by adopting a carbon tax, the Climate Leadership Council said in... Read More

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Washington Examiner | April 16, 2021

Carbon Fee Could Halve Emissions by 2035, Report Says

A new report from the Climate Leadership Council says the carbon tax proposal developed by former Republican Secretaries of State James Baker III and the late George... Read More

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April 16, 2021

Study Shows How A Carbon Price Can Speed Progress to Net Zero

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council released a new report outlining why a carbon price is an essential tool to reach net-zero emissions... Read More

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Axios Generate | April 15, 2021

Bonus Beltway energy and climate notes

Executives with corporate heavyweights like Exxon, Ford and IBM are meeting with Democratic and Republican senators this week on climate policy. Where it stands:... Read More

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E&E News | April 14, 2021

Oil, utility execs lobby senators on carbon fee

Executives from oil companies, utilities and some of the world's biggest companies are meeting with senators and staff this week to push a carbon-fee-and-dividend... Read More

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Washington Examiner | April 14, 2021

Oil companies lobby for carbon tax

Oil company leaders and other business executives are meeting virtually this week with more than a dozen Democratic and Republican senators to advocate for... Read More

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April 14, 2021

Business Leaders Urge Senators to Adopt Carbon Dividends During Virtual Fly-in

WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council has organized a series of meetings with senators and top executives from its Founding Member coalition to... Read More

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March 25, 2021

Climate Leadership Council Welcomes Introduction of Bipartisan Climate Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Greg Bertelsen, CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, issued the following statement welcoming introduction of the bipartisan Carbon Capture, Utilization, and... Read More

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January 27, 2021

Climate Leadership Council Taps Veteran Advocacy Strategist as EVP

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen announced that the Council has hired veteran advocacy strategist Tiffany Adams as Executive Vice President.... Read More

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January 25, 2021

Statement on Janet Yellen’s Confirmation as Treasury Secretary

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement congratulating Janet Yellen on being confirmed as Treasury secretary by the... Read More

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December 21, 2020

Climate Leadership Council Statement on Passage of Energy Reform Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Greg Bertelsen, CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, issued the following statement on passage of energy reform legislation approved as part... Read More

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E&E News | December 18, 2020

Report: Tax and dividend cheaper than regulations

A carbon tax-and-dividend policy would be far less costly to the economy than similar greenhouse gas reductions achieved through regulatory means, according to a... Read More

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Washington Examiner | December 18, 2020

GOP group claims its carbon tax is better for the economy than climate mandates

A Republican-backed group pushing for Congress to pass a carbon tax is out with a new study Friday showing it would achieve the same level of... Read More

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Bloomberg Law | December 18, 2020

Carbon Tax Trade for Climate Rules Touted for Economic Boost

A plan by prominent Republicans and business leaders to enact a carbon tax rather than new climate regulations could have significant advantages in growing... Read More

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December 2, 2020

Statement on Janet Yellen's Nomination to Serve as Treasury Secretary

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement congratulating Janet Yellen on her nomination by President-elect Biden to serve... Read More

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The Hill | October 1, 2020

How America Wins from a Pro-Climate Trade Policy

[…] A new, first-of-its-kind study by the MacronDyn Group and commissioned by our group, the Climate Leadership Council, reveals that the U.S. economy is... Read More

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Washington Examiner | September 30, 2020

GOP-backed group presents new case for carbon tax: It will help compete with China

The United States has an advantage over China in producing goods and services at lower rates of carbon emissions, a GOP-backed group said in a new report Wednesday... Read More

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September 8, 2020

Statement from the Climate Leadership Council on the Passing of Founder Ted Halstead

We are deeply saddened to announce that our founder and CEO Ted Halstead died suddenly in a hiking accident last week. Ted was more... Read More

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Washington Examiner | July 31, 2020

Seeking to shore up support, GOP carbon tax group claims $1 trillion in economic benefits

A Republican-backed group pushing for Congress to pass a carbon tax is out with a new study Friday showing it would significantly reduce emissions... Read More

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Morning Consult | July 31, 2020

Carbon Price Group’s Model Finds Tax Would Lead to 57% Emissions Reduction By 2035

Research commissioned by a coalition of leading energy companies and major corporations has found that taxing carbon could reduce emissions by 57 percent by... Read More

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Fox News | June 21, 2020

Carbon Fee Needed to Combat Climate Change

As our nation responds to the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, a well-designed climate policy can strengthen America’s recovery and improve its strategic... Read More

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Foreign Affairs | May 30, 2020

The Strategic Case for U.S. Climate Leadership

In the United States, the case for greater action on climate change is typically made on environmental grounds. But there are equally compelling economic,... Read More

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USA Today | February 19, 2020

Climate change: Put A Price on Carbon Pollution, then Refund the Money to Consumers

[…] To prevent further catastrophic changes in the world's climate, greenhouse gas emissions have to be slashed in the decades ahead. How to do... Read More

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Time | February 15, 2020

A Group of Big Businesses Is Backing a Carbon Tax. Could It Be a Solution to Climate Change?

The long list of big companies backing a carbon tax as a solution to climate change grew this week with financial giant J.P. Morgan... Read More

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Washington Examiner | February 13, 2020

Banking giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase join GOP-led carbon tax push

Global banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are joining a Republican-backed group pushing for Congress to pass a carbon tax. The banks join... Read More

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Axios | February 13, 2020

Senators huddle over dinner with carbon-tax backers

Nearly two dozen proponents of a carbon tax across the corporate, economic and advocacy spectrum pitched their climate plan to a bipartisan group of... Read More

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Houston Chronicle | February 13, 2020

Corporations push carbon tax plan, aiming to cut emissions in half by 2035

WASHINGTON - Some the America's largest corporations are pitching a carbon tax plan to Republicans and Democrats in Congress, enlisting figures including former Federal... Read More

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Bloomberg | February 13, 2020

Investment Banks Join Yellen, Corporate Heads to Push Carbon Tax

Investment banks JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are backing a plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions, as former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and executives from more than... Read More

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The Washington Post | February 13, 2020

The fastest way to cut carbon emissions is a ‘fee’ and a dividend, top leaders say

A group of prominent politicians, economists, and corporate executives is renewing its push in Congress for a plan that would tax carbon and refund... Read More

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The Washington Post | February 13, 2020

Democrats and Republicans Should Both Embrace this Common-Sense, Planet-Saving Reform

CLIMATE CHANGE was the most important issue for a quarter of voters in the Democratic primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday; only health care... Read More

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February 13, 2020

Broadest Climate Coalition in US History Issues Bipartisan Climate Roadmap

Council Announces Leading Companies, Christiana Figueres & Ernest Moniz as New Founding Members 15 Fortune 100 Companies + NGOs Preview Plan With Members of... Read More

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The Washington Post | January 16, 2020

The Winning Conservative Climate Solution

[…] There are essentially three ways to reduce emissions — regulations, subsidies and pricing. The first is the worst of all options for a... Read More

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The New York Times | January 9, 2020

We Can’t Slow Climate Change Without the Energy Companies

There is a real danger that the climate debate is deteriorating into a game of name-calling, with oil and gas companies all too often... Read More

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Real Clear Energy | November 13, 2019

The Climate Leadership Council’s Bipartisan Solution

If you only casually follow the climate debate, you could be left with the impression that there are two camps sitting at opposite poles.... Read More

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September 24, 2019

Climate Leadership Council on Bloomberg TV

Climate Leadership Council Chairman and CEO Ted Halstead joins Alix Steel on Bloomberg TV to discuss the carbon dividends plan to cut U.S. carbon... Watch Now

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The Wall Street Journal | September 23, 2019

How to Cut Emissions Without Wrecking the Economy

[…] Our plan, unlike many of the aspirational proposals floating around these days, is grounded in concrete modeling. It’s also backed up by an... Read More

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September 12, 2019

C-SPAN

Ted Halstead joins C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the environmental and economic benefits of a carbon dividends solution.  Watch Now

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Axios | September 11, 2019

Carbon tax campaign unveils new details and backers

Driving the news: U.S. carbon dioxide emissions would be cut in half by 2035 under a $40-a-ton carbon tax that increases 5% above inflation... Read More

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Bloomberg | September 11, 2019

Climate Group That Unites Yellen, Exxon Unveils Carbon Tax Plan

Major oil, power and consumer products companies are releasing their most specific plans yet for a nationwide tax on carbon dioxide that promises to... Read More

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August 1, 2019

Bloomberg NEF Forum

Ted Halstead outlines “a climate solution where all sides can win” to business and political leaders at the 2019 BloombergNEF Forum in New York.... Watch Now

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July 30, 2019

Janet Yellen at McCloskey Speaker Series

In this panel discussion, Janet Yellen describes carbon dividends as the solution to our climate challenges and the broad support it has from industry,... Watch Now

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July 12, 2019

Fox News

Ted Halstead, Chairman & CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, joins Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot to discuss his bipartisan carbon... Watch Now

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The Hill | June 12, 2019

GOP pollster Luntz: Majority of younger Republicans worried by party stance on climate change

Prominent GOP pollster Frank Luntz is warning Republican lawmakers that the public's views on climate change are shifting and that ignoring the issue could cost them important... Read More

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Bloomberg | June 12, 2019

GOP Pollster to Congress: Young Republicans Care About Climate

Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters think the party is shooting itself in the foot with younger voters when it comes to its stance on... Read More

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Washington Examiner | June 12, 2019

GOP pollster Frank Luntz warns Republicans risk losing young voters over climate change

GOP consultant Frank Luntz is warning Republicans that climate change is a political vulnerability with Republican voters under 40. A memo being distributed to... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | June 12, 2019

Some Republican Lawmakers Break With Party on Climate Change

A small but growing number of Republican lawmakers are urging action on climate change, driven by shifting sentiment among GOP voters and the effects... Read More

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Bloomberg | January 16, 2019

From Greenspan to Yellen, Economic Brain Trust Backs Carbon Tax

An all-star lineup of economists, from Alan Greenspan to Paul Volcker, is endorsing a plan to combat climate change by slapping a tax on... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | January 16, 2019

Former Fed Leaders, Economists Rally Around Carbon Tax

WASHINGTON—An all-star roster of former Federal Reserve leaders and White House economic advisers are signing on to a new statement in support of a... Read More

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Axios | January 16, 2019

Former Fed chairmen and Nobel economists voice support for carbon tax

America’s leading economic establishment has penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed in support of taxing carbon dioxide emissions, eliminating other regulations and returning the resulting money to... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | January 7, 2019

Lessons From 2018: Republicans Must Deal With Climate Change

While climate change may not be a top-tier issue for many older Americans, it certainly is for millennials, who will soon be the nation’s... Read More

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The Washington Post | December 10, 2018

Here’s How to Win on Climate-Change Policy

[…] For a carbon tax to succeed in the political arena and last, it must not only be popular but also bipartisan and supported... Read More

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The Boston Globe | October 14, 2018

In an Era of Climate Urgency, We Need a Carbon Tax

[…] As world policy makers cast about for solutions, one that is winning increasing attention is a steadily increasingly tax on carbon dioxide emissions,... Read More

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Wired | October 12, 2018

To Curb Climate Change, Tax Carbon – Then Give Americans the Money

Most voters want the government to limit carbon emissions, but at a time when half of all Americans own less than $500 in savings,... Read More

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The Hill | September 10, 2018

Poll finds support for business-backed carbon tax plan

A carbon tax backed by some big businesses and former Republican officials has the support of most voters, a survey commissioned by the group... Read More

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Bloomberg | September 10, 2018

Yellen Touts Carbon Tax as ‘Textbook Solution’ to Climate Change

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says a tax on carbon dioxide emissions would do more to combat climate change than a slew of... Read More

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Financial Times | September 10, 2018

Janet Yellen calls for US carbon tax to curb climate change

Janet Yellen has spoken out in support of a carbon tax as the most effective and efficient way to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions.... Read More

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Fortune | September 10, 2018

The Most Ambitious Climate Plan in History

At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, the United States committed to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels... Read More

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The New York Times | June 20, 2018

Breaking the Climate Impasse

As former leaders of our parties in the United States Senate, we know what it takes to achieve a bipartisan breakthrough in Congress. For... Read More

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Axios | June 19, 2018

Nuclear, renewable firms fund new group pushing carbon tax

A bipartisan pair of former congressional leaders, backed by corporate money, are launching a seven-figure advocacy and lobbying group in support of a carbon... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | June 19, 2018

Conservative Group Will Push for Carbon Tax, a Contrast to GOP Resistance

A group of veteran conservative political leaders are launching a political-action committee to push for a U.S. carbon tax, a move potentially funded by... Read More

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The New York Times | June 19, 2018

New Group, With Conservative Credentials, Plans Push for a Carbon Tax

Proponents of a market-oriented plan to fight climate change by taxing greenhouse gas emissions and giving the revenue to American taxpayers are starting a... Read More

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Time | February 28, 2018

Why College Republicans Think the GOP Should Act on Climate Change

A group of more than 20 college Republican groups issued a call to action on climate change Wednesday with the endorsement of a proposal... Read More

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September 1, 2017

Weather Channel

What are the impacts of a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord? Ted Halstead founder and CEO of the Climate Leadership Council joins us... Watch Now

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September 1, 2017

N. Gregory Mankiw

Greg Mankiw speaks at the Climate Leadership Council's launch event on February 8th at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Watch Now

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September 1, 2017

Martin Feldstein

Martin Feldstein speaks at the Climate Leadership Council's launch event on February 8th at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Watch Now

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September 1, 2017

Lawrence Summers

Lawrence Summers, Harvard University Charles W. Eliot Professor and Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, explains the process of addressing climate change using carbon dividends. He... Watch Now

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September 1, 2017

James A. Baker, III

At the Climate Leadership Council's launch event, James A. Baker discusses the Conservative Case for Carbon Dividends on February 8th at the National Press... Watch Now

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August 2, 2017

Council Launch Event

James A. Baker, III, N. Gregory Mankiw, Martin Feldstein, and Ted Halstead speak at the Climate Leadership Council's launch event, hosted at the National... Watch Now

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July 6, 2017

Aspen Ideas Festival

Ted Halstead, Mark Tercek & Nick Schulz join moderator Gillian Tett to discuss the Council's consensus climate solution. Back to Videos Watch Now

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Axios | June 20, 2017

Big Oil backs carbon tax push

A strange bedfellows coalition, including four of the world's biggest oil and natural gas producers, environmental groups and political leaders, are announcing a unified... Read More

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The Washington Post | June 20, 2017

The Energy 202: Exxon, GM and Pepsi plan to back carbon tax floated by ex-GOP officials

A group of nearly a dozen multinational corporations is backing a plan from senior Republican statesmen to replace President Obama's greenhouse-gas regulations with a carbon tax.... Read More

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CNN Money | June 20, 2017

Big Oil wants to tax itself and give cash to Americans

Major oil companies including ExxonMobil (XOM), BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and Total (TOT) backed a carbon tax proposal on Tuesday that has been gaining traction in Washington. Other big-name backers include billionaire... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | June 20, 2017

Big Oil Steps Up Support for Carbon Tax

Some of the world’s largest oil companies and the country’s biggest auto maker are joining a group pushing the U.S. government to tax carbon... Read More

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Bloomberg | June 20, 2017

ExxonMobil and Stephen Hawking Just Agreed to the Same Climate Fix

Less than three weeks after President Donald Trump pulled the United States from the 195-nation Paris Agreement on climate change, there's a new ragtag group... Read More

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The Washington Post | June 19, 2017

The Inevitable Climate Solution

[…] Such a climate plan is not only feasible but is now gaining traction. On Tuesday, the Climate Leadership Council announced its founding members,... Read More

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Financial Times | June 17, 2017

Climate Progress is Not Dependent on Paris Accord

[…] These founding members of the Climate Leadership Council are proposing a new consensus climate solution based on carbon dividends. Their plan is built... Read More

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June 8, 2017

Climate Leadership Council TED Talk

Climate Leadership Council Chairman & CEO Ted Halstead introduces our transformative climate solution based on the conservative principles of free markets and limited government.... Watch Now

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The Washington Post | June 2, 2017

Trump ran as an ally to business — but snubbed America’s CEOs by pulling out of the Paris accord

President Trump campaigned as the real estate executive who was going to bring a businessman's sensibilities to Washington. During the transition, he rolled out the welcome... Read More

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The New York Times | May 9, 2017

The Business Case for the Paris Climate Accord

President Trump faces a choice that will echo across his presidency and beyond: whether to remain in the Paris climate agreement. Although most Americans,... Read More

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Bloomberg | April 5, 2017

To Shrink the Trade Deficit With China, Tax Carbon

When President Donald Trump assumes that any policy to curb greenhouse-gas emissions must be bad for economic growth, job creation and U.S. competitiveness, he... Read More

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Axios | March 24, 2017

It’s Not a Carbon Tax

Reports about the debate inside the White House over a carbon tax — apparently inspired by the meeting that James A. Baker III, Martin... Read More

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | March 10, 2017

Old-School Conservatives Float a Solid Climate-Change Plan

Last month, a group of former Republican Party heavyweights — conservatives to their cores — unveiled a sensible plan to address climate change through... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2017

We Thought We Would Hit Your Sweet Spot

It’s hard to believe that the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal would oppose a conservative, free-market, revenue-neutral, limited-government, internationally competitive approach to... Read More

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National Review | February 28, 2017

Let the Carbon-Dividends Debate Begin

[…] The cornerstone of our opponents’ argument is that our plan would be regressive and place “undue economic burdens on American families,” especially those... Read More

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Barron’s | February 25, 2017

The Greening of the Republicans?

Now that the U.S. has a new abundance of domestic oil and natural gas, what could be more natural than to tax it? As... Read More

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Environment + Energy Leader | February 24, 2017

Exxon’s New CEO Backs Carbon Tax Too

Will it have an effect on national policy? Or is it just the opinion of the new chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Darren Woods?... Read More

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Fortune | February 24, 2017

How a Capitalist Should Tackle Climate Change

The idea of using taxes to reduce pollution has long enjoyed widespread support among economists. Yet despite its impeccable economic logic, a tax on... Read More

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Dallas Morning News | February 23, 2017

Conservative Group’s Carbon Plan Gives Us Hope for Climate Change Action

After decades of overwhelming scientific evidence showing that man-made emissions are endangering the planet's future, there should be no climate-change deniers left. If only... Read More

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Tampa Bay Times | February 23, 2017

Republicans’ Carbon Tax Proposal

Editorial: Republicans' carbon tax proposal Whether a tax on carbon would be the most effective or even the most politically viable approach to addressing... Read More

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Market Watch | February 21, 2017

How Conservatives Would Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fight Climate Change

I recently joined several other former senior Republican officials in proposing a plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions. The group includes Jim Baker, Henry... Read More

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Forbes | February 21, 2017

If EPA Chief Pruitt Is Listening To Private Enterprise, He'll Think About Pricing Carbon

Now that Scott Pruitt has been confirmed as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, he must determine what his priorities are and whether his agency... Read More

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Chicago Tribune | February 20, 2017

A Better Remedy for Climate Change: Less Government and Less Pollution

The baking of planet Earth is proceeding without interruption. Last year was the hottest year on record, according to NASA and the National Oceanic... Read More

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Lincoln Journal Star | February 20, 2017

Republicans with a Plan for Climate

When Donald Trump moved in to the White House, it seemed logical that his administration would pull the plug on efforts to counter climate... Read More

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USA Today | February 18, 2017

Bozmoski: On climate, a better way for Paul Ryan

A confident America acts decisively to ensure our next generation inherits a safe and healthy climate. To the extent that America ever had a... Read More

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New York Law Journal | February 17, 2017

A Carbon Tax Plan Proposal: What Are Its Prospects?

On Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2017, a group of prominent Republicans and business leaders from the Climate Leadership Council released a carbon tax proposal entitled “The... Read More

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San Antonio Express-News | February 17, 2017

Carbon Tax Plan Worthy of Bipartisan Support

A group of venerable Republicans has put forward an intriguing carbon tax plan to address human impact on climate change. For too long, many... Read More

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The Boston Globe | February 16, 2017

GOP elders push for climate action

TODAY, LET’S take a cue from the poet Max Ehrmann and go placidly amid the noise and haste and disarray, the conflict, confusion, and incompetence,... Read More

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Hattiesburg American | February 15, 2017

A Serious Republican Idea on Climate Change

Maybe it was just a coincidence, but the high temperature in Washington hit a record-shattering 74 degrees on Feb. 8, the day a bevy... Read More

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Dallas Morning News | February 15, 2017

The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax and Dividends

Mounting evidence of climate change is growing too strong to ignore. While the extent to which climate change is due to man-made causes can... Read More

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Wisconsin State Journal | February 15, 2017

GOP Needs to Tackle Climate Change

More conservatives are proposing action on climate change. Wisconsin’s Republican leaders should join the conversation and effort. James Baker and George Schultz, former Cabinet... Read More

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The Houston Chronicle | February 15, 2017

A Taxing Issue

Amid the gloom in Washington for those dismayed by President Donald Trump's positions on climate change, a ray of hope appeared last week in... Read More

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Livingston Daily | February 14, 2017

Republican Carbon Tax Plan Could Work

The general outlines of the carbon tax plan proposed last week by a group of GOP stalwarts has been around for a while. Former... Read More

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Springfield News-Leader | February 14, 2017

A Serious Idea on Climate Change

Maybe it was just a coincidence, but the high temperature in Washington hit a record-shattering 74 degrees on Wednesday, the day a bevy of... Read More

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Forbes | February 14, 2017

What Should Government Do With Carbon Tax Revenues?

The other day, a high-powered group of former senior Republican policy advisers and business executives proposed replacing regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gases with a... Read More

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The Seattle Times | February 14, 2017

Heed Republican elders’ carbon-tax wisdom

Address climate change and send Americans a check at the same time. That’s the nut of an intriguing idea put together by a group... Read More

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | February 14, 2017

Republican Carbon Tax Plan Could Work

Climate change is a real threat. It’s happening now. Most Americans recognize that. This plan by GOP stalwarts deserves serious consideration. The general outlines... Read More

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Nature | February 14, 2017

US Republican Idea for Tax on Carbon Makes Climate Sense

A group of senior US Republicans has proposed an entirely sensible climate policy: put a substantial and steadily rising tax on carbon, and then... Read More

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Financial Times | February 14, 2017

The Conservative Case for Taxing Carbon Emissions

As tough sells go, trying to interest the Republicans in the US Congress, or Donald Trump’s White House, in a new federal tax on... Read More

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The Florida Times-Union | February 13, 2017

An Insurance Approach to Dealing with Climate Change

The battle over climate change too often has been waged on ideological, not scientific grounds. Some fear climate change involves a socialistic takeover of... Read More

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The New York Times | February 13, 2017

A Rare Republican Call to Climate Action

The most important thing about a carbon tax plan proposed last week may be the people behind it: prominent Republicans like James Baker III,... Read More

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New Haven Register | February 12, 2017

An Elegant Climate Policy

Instead of indulging in the fiction that carbon emissions will take care of themselves with minimal government intervention, these veteran Republican hands endorsed what... Read More

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Boston Herald | February 12, 2017

Beyond Climate Debate

Former Republican Cabinet members James Baker, Henry Paulson, and George Shultz, and five other prominent conservatives have proposed the best idea yet for combating... Read More

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The Spokesman-Review | February 10, 2017

GOP Should Warm to Carbon Dividend

Some elder statesmen in the Republican Party have proposed a carbon tax to address global warming, but is it an answer the current ruling... Read More

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U.S. News | February 10, 2017

The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax

A REPUBLICAN GROUP THAT includes elder statesmen James Baker, George Shultz and Henry Paulson lobbied White House aides this week for a carbon tax to... Read More

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Bloomberg | February 10, 2017

This Tax Could Save the Planet From Climate Change

Not everything went perfectly for Ted Halstead this week. When the limousine he shared with James Baker—former secretary of state, Treasury, and two-time presidential chief... Read More

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Bloomberg | February 9, 2017

A Republican Carbon Tax

As economists, religious and military leaders, ordinary Americans and even oil companies have joined the push to lower greenhouse-gas emissions, Republicans have, for the... Read More

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USA Today | February 9, 2017

A Serious Republican Idea on Climate Change: Our View

Maybe it was just a coincidence, but the high temperature in Washington hit a record-shattering 74 degrees on Wednesday, the day a bevy of... Read More

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CNN | February 9, 2017

The blue-collar climate plan

The idea is simple, popular and effective: Make a bad thing – polluting the atmosphere – more expensive; and therefore make it cheaper for... Read More

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The Washington Post | February 9, 2017

A Group of Prominent Republicans Has an Excellent Plan to Fight Climate Change

A GROUP of prominent Republicans brought a refreshing message to Washington on Wednesday: Climate change is a threat that deserves serious attention, and the... Read More

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National Audubon Society | February 8, 2017

Climate Solutions Don’t Have a Party: Republicans Proved That Today

A revenue-neutral carbon tax is a proven method for reducing greenhouse gas pollution. WASHINGTON—Today, top White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, will... Read More

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The Christian Science Monitor | February 8, 2017

What climate change action, Republican-style, might look like

Climate-change activists keep knocking on President Trump’s door. Only this time, it’s not Al Gore or Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s former Reagan Treasury Secretary James... Read More

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Scientific American | February 8, 2017

Republicans Offer to Tax Carbon Emissions

A group of prominent Republicans released a “conservative” plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions today, arguing that replacing Obama-era policies with a carbon-tax-and-dividend system... Read More

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Science Magazine | February 8, 2017

A group of prominent Republicans just launched a longshot bid for a carbon tax

Former Secretary of State James Baker led a group of senior Republican statesmen today in rolling out a plan for using a carbon tax... Read More

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CBS News | February 8, 2017

High-profile Republicans propose tax on carbon emissions

A group of Republican elder statesmen released a plan to fight climate change on Wednesday with a proposal to replace the Obama administration’s climate... Read More

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The Atlantic | February 8, 2017

The Republican Carbon Tax Is Republican, Say Republicans

WASHINGTON, D.C.—From a politics and policy standpoint, it’s brilliant. The United States has a problem: runaway climate change, which will degrade or damage agriculture,... Read More

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The New York Times | February 8, 2017

A Conservative Case for Climate Action

[…] On-again-off-again regulation is a poor way to protect the environment. And by creating needless uncertainty for businesses that are planning long-term capital investments,... Read More

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CNBC | February 8, 2017

Tax carbon emissions and give the money to ordinary Americans, says group of prominent conservatives

Several prominent economists, businessmen and government figures, many of whom have served under Republican presidents, say taxing carbon emissions and putting the dividends back... Read More

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Time | February 8, 2017

Republicans Tell Their Party It's Time to Address Climate Change

A group of Republican elder statesmen called on their party’s leadership to address climate change by enacting a carbon tax to replace much of... Read More

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Bloomberg | February 8, 2017

Prominent Republicans Pitch Carbon-Tax Plan to Top Trump Aides

A group of prominent Republicans and business leaders pitched a tax on carbon dioxide to top White House aides Wednesday, selling the plan as an economic... Read More

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The Wall Street Journal | February 7, 2017

A Conservative Answer to Climate Change

The responsible and conservative response should be to take out an insurance policy. Doing so need not rely on heavy-handed, growth-inhibiting government regulations. Instead,... Read More

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The Washington Post | February 7, 2017

Senior Republican statesmen propose replacing Obama’s climate policies with a carbon tax

Representatives from a coalition of veteran Republican officials — including five who have either served as treasury secretary or as chairman of the Council... Read More

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Fox Business | February 7, 2017

GOP senior statesmen making push for a carbon tax

A group of Republican senior statesmen are pushing for a carbon tax to combat the effects of climate change, and hoping to sell their... Read More

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CNN Politics | February 7, 2017

Republican elders float carbon tax, plan White House lobbying campaign

Hoping to jump-start the debate on climate change, a group of high-profile Republicans that includes three former Cabinet secretaries is calling for a substantial... Read More

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The Atlantic | November 16, 2015

The Republican Solution for Climate Change

William F. Buckley, widely considered the father of modern conservatism, once opined: “Conservatives pride themselves on resisting change, which is as it should be.... Read More

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