Carbon tax would extend recession, says Devon CEO

摘要

Washington-Devon Energy chairman and CEO Larry Nichols cautioned on April 28 that any form of US tax on carbon emissions, including a cap and trade system, would extend the duration of the economic slump."I would like to meet the economist who thinks that imposing a tax in the middle of the toughest recession we have seen makes any sense," Nichols said at a Platts Energy Podium in Washington.