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Jacob OglesJanuary 2, 2019

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney laid into the coal industry and lamented the lack of Republican voices on climate change during a recent interview with USA Today. He also promised to back a carbon tax in the next Congress. The Naples Republican spoke with the newspaper about his continued work with the Climate Solutions Caucus. But […]

Scott PowersNovember 28, 2018

Five days ago, a White House report gave a dire warning: Climate change would cost America billions of dollars annually. On Wednesday, three Florida U.S. House members, two Democrats and a Republican, introduced a bill to set up a growing carbon tax that aims to reduce the country’s carbon footprint. Led by Democratic U.S. Rep. […]

Ryan NicolOctober 18, 2018

A pro-clean energy group is jumping in with a new ad campaign supporting Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in his bid for re-election. Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) is a Washington, D.C.-based group which aims to support Republicans who push for clean energy policies in Congress. The organization endorsed Curbelo back in June during the primary […]

Ryan NicolJuly 25, 2018

Americans for Prosperity Florida (AFP-FL), the conservative/libertarian group funded by the Koch brothers, is trashing a carbon tax bill put forward by U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo that Curbelo says would help combat climate change. The Republican broke from his party to offer up the legislation. His bill, the “MARKET CHOICE Act,” would repeal federal taxes […]

Tag: carbon tax

Francis Rooney: ‘There’s no reason to burn coal’

Ted Deutch, Charlie Crist, Francis Rooney introduce climate change carbon bill

Clean energy advocacy group to launch ad blitz supporting Carlos Curbelo

Americans for Prosperity bashes Carlos Curbelo carbon tax plan