Climate Activists Lobby Congress on Carbon Tax, Coal Town Relief (1)

Climate activists are storming Congress this week, holding online meetings with more than 400 House and Senate lawmakers to press for a carbon tax and economic relief for hard-hit coal communities.

The central pillar of the carbon tax push, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763), hasn’t drawn much Republican support. Among the bill’s 80 cosponsors, only one is a Republican—Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), who is retiring.

But this time, the members of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are bringing a new message: that a carbon tax could bring in new sources of revenue at a time ...