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House backs symbolic measures to oppose oil fee, carbon tax

2016-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Reinforcing its opposition to President Barack Obama's environmental agenda, the Republican-controlled House on Friday approved symbolic measures declaring hostility to two liberal ideas on fossil fuels. One measure disapproves of Obama's call for a $10-per-barrel fee on crude oil, while the other preemptively opposes a plan Obama has never advanced: a "carbon tax" on emissions from fossil fuels such as oil and coal. The House approved the oil-fee measure Friday on a 253-144 vote. Lawmakers...

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