Democrats at Global Climate Talks Signal Low Odds for Carbon Tax

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House Democrats threw cold water Wednesday on efforts to advance a nearly $20-per-ton carbon tax being championed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.1.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is “completely unaware of any deal on a carbon tax,” during a news conference at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland1.1.“It is something that is talked about and may be an option for the future,” even though it’s not in the current House version of a broad climate-and-spending bill, Pelosi said2.“In the short term, it’s going to be very hard to have a carbon fee or a carbon tax in the United States,” though “we continue to have that on the table,” said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, DOre.