Despite momentum toward a US carbon tax, Congressional passage remains a challenge

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Taxing carbon dioxide emissions is the major US energy policy closestto receiving bipartisan support, but probably not under the currentadministration, an executive said, before Environmental ProtectionAgency chief Andrew Wheeler said at an industry conference he didnot support such a tax."President Trump has shown no interesting being constructive onaddressing climate change despite the fact that it is an economic,health, and national security threat,” Elizabeth Gore, senior vicepresident of political affairs at environmental group EnvironmentalDefense Fund, said in an email Thursday.