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Sen. Schumer: Carbon Tax Could Come if Clinton Wins 2016 Presidency
2015-06-24 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A federal tax on carbon dioxide emissions is likely to gain traction if Hillary Clinton becomes president and Democrats take control of the Senate in 2016, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said. Schumer, who is the third ranking Democrat in the Senate and likely to be the partys leader in 2017, said Democrats and the GOP could agree on a carbon tax as a way to add funding to the federal government. Theres almost no chance of a tax on Earth-warming carbon passing the current Senate, but Schumer...
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