Representatives should support a carbon fee and dividend

Our representative, Doc Hastings, writes that as part of balancing the national budget, an all-of-the-above energy plan “creates more jobs and lowers energy bills, and it overhauls the federal tax code to boost wages, bring more jobs home, and make our manufacturers and entrepreneurs more competitive.” (4/17/14, p. 4).

This energy plan includes the continued use of fossil fuels—coal, oil, natural gas—that emit carbon dioxide (CO2). Volunteers from the Citizens’ Climate Lobby have been urging Doc and fellow Republicans to enact a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend legislative proposal to t...