• Dozens of energy policy experts signed a letter Tuesday to lawmakers asking them to reject the PROVE IT Act, a bipartisan bill that would be a potential first step in imposing carbon tariffs on imports.
• The bill would commission the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the carbon intensity of U.S. products and compare them to competing products from other countries, paving the way for carbon tariffs on imports and This in itself could open the door to reducing carbon emissions. The letter warns about a domestic carbon tax.
• “This law is the gateway to a carbon tax on imported goods and a domestic carbon tax. Lawmakers are pushing policies that would raise taxes, raise prices for American households, hurt workers and fixed income earners, and penalize energy use. “It is shocking that they are even considering this,” the letter said.

Dozens of energy experts and energy advocates signed a letter to Congress on Tuesday expressing opposition to the bill, which they say opens the door to a “carbon tax.”

Forty-one organizations were represented as signatories to the letter, urging lawmakers to reject the PROVE IT Act. The bill is a bipartisan bill that would require the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the carbon intensity of U.S.-made products as a potential first step toward implementation. carbon tariffs on foreign products; according to to that text. However, as opponents of the bill have made clear in a letter to lawmakers, imposing carbon duties on foreign products will only occur once the government has established the means to create and enforce a carbon tax on domestic products. There are serious concerns that this will pave the way. Calculate the cost of carbon.

“This law is the gateway to a carbon tax on imported goods and a domestic carbon tax. Lawmakers are pushing for policies that would raise taxes, raise prices for American households, hurt workers and fixed income earners, and penalize energy use. “It is shocking that they are even considering this,” the letter said. “The carbon tariff is two taxes in one. First, the carbon tariff is a tax on imported goods, paid by U.S. consumers, workers, and businesses. Once established, it can be used to impose a domestic carbon tax. It is naive at best to think that governments will put in place the administrative infrastructure to impose a domestic carbon tax without complying. ” (Related: Oil industry, leftist environment, carbon tax find common cause)

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The PROVE It Act is scheduled for a rate hike hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday. according to To Politico.

“As the PROVE IT Act approaches its price hike, it is possible that disingenuous maneuvers, such as amending the bill to say it cannot be used to impose a carbon tariff, could be used to impose a carbon tariff and domestic carbon tax. “This does not change the fact that the Foundation was established for this purpose,” the letter continues.

Democratic Delaware Sen. Chris Coons introduced the bill, with 10 other senators co-sponsoring it. Notable co-sponsors include Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Republican Sens. Kevin Cramer (North Dakota) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana). ) is included.

Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, said she opposed the bill during the rate increase hearing, Politico reported.

“If you are confident in your position on American exceptionalism, prove it,” Kramer told Politico. “That's why the name and mission of this bill are politically neutral and benign. Unless someone tries to exploit politics for other ends, it should be.”

Mr. Cramer and other Senate Republicans, who are supporting the bill, say the bill is aimed at competing with countries like China, which can produce cheaper equivalent products more cheaply due to lower environmental and labor standards. The government explains that this is a protectionist measure to protect U.S. manufacturing and industrial jobs. But opponents of the bill reject that framework.

“This is a climate and energy battle, but PROVE It supporters know that fighting China will garner sympathy, so they try to avoid that by trying to talk about trade and China.” [among Republicans]” Tom Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance and a signatory of the letter, told Politico. “We don't need to study something that we know will cause harm and increase energy prices.”

Mr. Pyle's organization is recent polls A survey by the Unleashing Prosperity Committee found that more than 50% of likely voters in eight battleground states in 2024 oppose taxes based on the amount of energy required to produce imported products. found.

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