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Benjamin Hulac, E&E News reporter
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson and officials at Exxon Mobil Corp. have repeatedly said they support a carbon tax to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. But Exxon in 2016 opposed two carbon tax bills in the Massachusetts Legislature, according to lobbying records.
RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST, Colo. — Fights over a planned luxury resort in the network of babbling streams and spongy wetlands here have spanned 40 years, but the end may be in sight. If environmentalists lose their latest court battle over the project, one of the last remaining avenues to stop the development is the Clean Water Act — an option that may not be on the table much longer.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its goal to get the U.S. to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with a plan to introduce a comprehensive climate package by the end of the year.
By Nick Sobczyk in E&E News PM
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RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST, Colo. — Fights over a planned luxury resort in the network of babbling streams and spongy wetlands here have spanned 40 years, but the end may be in sight. If environmentalists lose their latest court battle over the project, one of the last remaining avenues to stop the development is the Clean Water Act — an option that may not be on the table much longer.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its goal to get the U.S. to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with a plan to introduce a comprehensive climate package by the end of the year.
By Nick Sobczyk in E&E News PM