Climate Activists Lobby Congress on Carbon Tax, Coal Town Relief (1)

摘要

Climate activists are storming Congress this week, holding online meetings with more than 400 House and Senatelawmakers to press for a carbon tax and economic relief for hard-hit coal communities.The central pillar of the carbon tax push, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763), hasn’t drawnmuch Republican support. Among the bill’s 80 cosponsors, only one is a Republican-Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.),who is retiring.