Boxer pushes carbon tax to ease global warming
USA Today: Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday put her political muscle behind a bill that would tax carbon and methane emissions linked to global warming and use the money for consumer rebates and to finance a raft of new clean-energy projects.
The California Democrat, who heads the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is co-sponsoring legislation written by a fellow panel member, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
The bill faces little to no chance of passing and is sure to face fierce opposition from…
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