Exxon, Shell, and BP give backing to US bipartisan carbon tax proposal

Michael Holder
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Climate Leadership Council reveals list of founding members including General Motors, P&G and PepsiCo as well as oil firms BP, ExxonMobil and Shell

A bipartisan group of US politicians and major oil firms has reiterated calls for a federal 'carbon dividend' tax as an alternative means of reducing US industrial greenhouse gas emissions, in a bid to...

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