An unassuming but remarkable piece of legislation was introduced in the Senate last week: a bipartisan carbon emissions bill. The bill, introduced by Christopher A. Coons, D-Del., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and co-sponsored by seven other senators, would require the U.S. government to start calculating the emissions intensity of industrial materials made in the United States and some other countries around the world. Read the full opinion at The Washington Post. Catherine Rampell’s email address is crampell@washpost.com. Follow her on Twitter, @crampell.

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2023 12:18 UTC