Sentences with phrase «carbon tax bill»

Nor has it lobbied for carbon tax bills in Congress or funded organizations that push for such laws at the federal or state level.

Rex Tillerson claimed to support a carbon tax while CEO of ExxonMobil, but under his watch last year the oil and gas company lobbied against two pioneering carbon tax bills in Massachusetts, and it has long funded opponents of carbon pricing.

Democrats neglected to walk their climate talk, failing to bring any of the four carbon tax bills put forward this session to a vote in the House.

The Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee held a hearing Tuesday on Gov. Inslee's proposed carbon tax bill.

Five carbon tax bills embodying that approach were introduced in the House and Senate last year — including one by presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders.

A lobbyist disclosed opposing a 2016 revenue neutral carbon tax bill in Massachusetts on behalf of ExxonMobil.

Rex Tillerson claimed to support a carbon tax while CEO of ExxonMobil, but under his watch last year the oil and gas company lobbied against two pioneering carbon tax bills in Massachusetts, and it has long funded opponents of carbon...

There are currently four carbon tax bills in front of the state legislature which, if passed, would demonstrate leadership on climate change policy while offering a path forward for creating the revenue required to rewrite the state's biennial budget.

About 60 per cent of households will have at least some part of their carbon tax bill repaid.

A $ 500 million carbon tax bill will be introduced at the State House when lawmakers reconvene in January (after the November election).

While a carbon tax designed to produce substantially greater emission reductions than the CPP could be costlier to the coal industry than existing regulation, the industry could likely secure a host of valuable aid and assistance in return for supporting a carbon tax bill.

Carbon Washington believes the risk of job leakage needs to be mitigated in a carbon tax bill, but we encourage the Legislature to focus on special handling only for businesses that are truly emission intensive and trade exposed.

On the carbon tax front, a 2nd substitute version of the carbon tax bill has just come out (find it here).

A year ago, it said it expected a $ 400 million carbon tax bill and said it was well positioned to meet that cost.

The Massachusetts legislature reviewed two carbon tax bills in 2015 - 16, while Tillerson led Exxon.

The Energy and Policy Institute report stated: «The carbon tax bills ExxonMobil opposed in Massachusetts might not have met all of the company's aforementioned criteria for its ideal climate policy.

Note: As we were posting this article, we saw a post by the Energy and Policy Institute presenting strong evidence that ExxonMobil lobbied the Massachusetts state legislature to oppose two carbon tax bills, one of them revenue - neutral, during the 2016 session, i.e., when Tillerson was still CEO.

Four, count «em, four carbon tax bills were introduced in the 2017 session, but none went anywhere.

Suddenly, there was no political need for a carbon tax bill or anything else climate - related.

The carbon tax bills ExxonMobil opposed in Massachusetts might not have met all of the company's aforementioned criteria for its ideal climate policy.

Stephen Dodge, a lobbyist for the Massachusetts division of the American Petroleum Institute, also disclosed taking «oppose» positions on the carbon tax bills.

, shows that Coyne took «oppose» positions on both carbon tax bills on behalf of his «client» ExxonMobil (see

A disclosure form filed by lobbyist William J. Coyne, Jr., shows that Coyne took «oppose» positions on both carbon tax bills on behalf of his «client» ExxonMobil (see here for an overview of Massachusetts lobbying law).

A review of 2016 lobbying disclosures filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts revealed that a registered lobbyist opposed two carbon tax bills — S. 1747 and S. 1786 --(along with a number of other climate - related bills) on behalf of ExxonMobil.

... Now, lest we forget, ladies and gentlemen, the carbon tax bill, cap and trade, that was scheduled to be announced on Earth Day.

One week later, in Show Us the Ball (April 8, 2009), Friedman singled out Rep. John Larson's carbon tax bill, «America's Energy Security Trust Fund and Security Act, for praise: