The CEO of Occidental Petroleum Corp says the company opposes a carbon dioxide tax, an idea that has gained support from rival oil companies and some trade groups.
An Idaho House committee bill that would have more than doubled what it costs to register an electric vehicle failed to get out of committee and is apparently not going to get an up or down vote this legislative session.
President Joe Biden’s new tax proposal contains provisions that would end common business tax credits for fossil fuel companies, which the Biden administration refers to as subsidies. The tax proposal would also provide additional extended federal support for select renewable energy technologies.
Due to declining revenues from the pandemic, states are having to take a serious look at the Medicaid programs, often the biggest cost driver in any state budget.
A California bill under consideration in the state legislature would require schoolchildren to learn that humans are causing dangerous climate change in order to graduate.