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Mark K. Matthews, E&E News reporter
Rep. Francis Rooney is the rare House Republican who sees carbon taxes as a solution to global warming — so much so that the Florida lawmaker plans to introduce a second measure tomorrow that would impose a new fee on carbon emissions.
House Democrats have released a broad draft energy tax package, touching on renewable, clean energy and efficiency incentives that they hope will address climate change through the U.S. tax code.
With its coal sector crumbling, Wyoming is leaning on its oil industry to make up the difference. But experts are signaling that the state's boom times are over for its fossil fuel-dependent economy.
By Heather Richards in Energywire
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House Democrats have released a broad draft energy tax package, touching on renewable, clean energy and efficiency incentives that they hope will address climate change through the U.S. tax code.
With its coal sector crumbling, Wyoming is leaning on its oil industry to make up the difference. But experts are signaling that the state's boom times are over for its fossil fuel-dependent economy.
By Heather Richards in Energywire