A group of major businesses, including Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, and fossil fuel giants ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell, announced Tuesday they have joined a Republican-led council that proposes to put a $40 tax on carbon emissions.
The companies, along with a list of high profile business people and two environmental groups, are part of the Climate Leadership Council, whose platform was written by former cabinet members James Baker and George Shultz.
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The main hurdle to this is the fact that Republican base voters hate anything that we like, even though their own kids will suffer the same horrible future overheated world.
Also there is some disingenuous motivation because the oil giants want to dismantle EPA at the same time (that must be stopped).