US Climate Bill May Raise Products Imports

摘要

Climate change legislation being considered by Congress has the potential to make the US more dependent on imports of gasoline and other refined products, according to a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API). Additional imports would undermine one of the Obama administration's key justifications for the bill, which passed the House of Representatives by a narrow margin in June. The White House has repeatedly called for a price to be placed on carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and cut America's dependence on energy imports.