Eyeing hotter future, industry lays carbon tax groundwork
(World News Science)

Representatives from credit card firm Capital One, tech giant Microsoft, home-goods maker Johnson & Johnson and dozens of other companies are coming to Capitol Hill this week to do something unusual: Call for a new tax. Officials from more than 75 companies will press Congress on Wednesday to pass climate legislation, including a “meaningful� national price on carbon emissions, according to Ceres, a sustainable investment group behind the effort. A significant portion of the private sector supports a national carbon price in some manner, and this week’s push is to show lawmakers companies would back them if Congress taxed emissions, Anne Kelly, head vice president of...