Daily on Energy: Is the U.S. oil lobby shifting on carbon pricing? Print this article
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API SHIFT: Is the American Petroleum Institute laying the groundwork to support putting a price on carbon?
It was lost in coverage of API’s State of the American Energy event yesterday, but the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group tweaked its rhetoric around carbon pricing.
“Market-based policies can foster meaningful emissions reductions across the economy at the lowest societal cost,” reads an API
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BUSINESS RETRIBUTION: Business backlash against Republicans after the Capitol mob attack is escalating, with a number of major companies vowing to
Joe Biden’s victory.
Dow Chemical this morning became the latest, announcing it is suspending corporate and employee contributions to “any member of Congress who voted to object to the certification of the presidential election.” Dow is interesting because it donates heavily to Republicans and is active on environmental issues, lobbying the EPA to take a less heavy-handed approach in restricting chemicals and pesticides.
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RECONCILIATION GUIDE: Democrats’ victory in the Georgia runoffs unlocks a powerful procedural tool called budget reconciliation, which enables the passage of fiscal legislation with a simple majority instead of 60 votes, meaning Republican votes aren’t necessary.
Republicans with full control of Washington used it in 2017 to pass tax cuts, and liberal activists are eying it as a mechanism in 2021 to pass tax and spending climate policies.
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BUSINESS GROUPS FAULT TRUMP: Energy and business lobby groups that aligned with most of
President Trump’s agenda were nonetheless eager to turn the page and quick to accept President-elect
Joe Biden’s victory, spending recent weeks preparing for the transfer of power. But yesterday they were forced to condemn Trump for stoking mob violence that breached the nation’s capital.
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