Even though Democrats have called for increased taxes on the fossil fuel industry, fossil fuel giants pushed against the taxes on the grounds it makes the U.S. less competitive. Even the larger public is in favor of taxing the fossil fuel industry but do not know whether it is good to include a carbon tax. Here, discussions need to revolve around just transitions and demands for fossil-fuel-free economies.
Brian Schwartz and Jacob Pramuk, "Exxon Mobil has been lobbying against parts of Democrats’ big social and climate spending bill", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 8 December 2021, accessed 27 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/exxon-mobil-has-been-lobbying-against-parts-democrats’-big-social-and-climate-spending-bill
Critical Commentary
Even though Democrats have called for increased taxes on the fossil fuel industry, fossil fuel giants pushed against the taxes on the grounds it makes the U.S. less competitive. Even the larger public is in favor of taxing the fossil fuel industry but do not know whether it is good to include a carbon tax. Here, discussions need to revolve around just transitions and demands for fossil-fuel-free economies.