Some would call it "disingenuous" to wait until after your primary to roll out your carbon tax bill.
E&E News (7/9/24) reports: "Amid fierce opposition from conservative activists and some oil and gas interests, a bipartisan contingent of House members is set to introduce legislation that could one day pave the way for carbon import tariffs. It’s a major victory for a group of lawmakers and their allies who have been working toward this moment for more than a year. Reps. John Curtis (R-Utah) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.) are unveiling their version of the 'Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act' on Tuesday, leading a total of 19 co-sponsors almost equally divided between their two parties. Like the Senate bill of the same name, S. 1863, from Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), the House companion would simply call for a Department of Energy study of the carbon intensity of nearly two dozen domestic industrial imports...Curtis said he was consumed with his successful Senate Republican primary race in late June, which will all but guarantee him victory in November in a solidly red state — though he dismissed suggestions that he held off advancing the bill to avoid it becoming a political distraction on the campaign trail. In the lead-up to that primary, a conservative energy advocacy group known as the American Energy Alliance spent $100,000 on digital ads accusing Curtis of conspiring to 'make energy more expensive.' Curtis pointed to such efforts to undermine the legislation as 'disingenuous.'"
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