Sen. Whitehouse suggests carbon border tariffs as climate bill languishes

The Biden administration should consider invoking executive authority to impose climate-related tariffs, Senate Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said on Monday alongside fellow Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR) -- both of whom are pushing the president to pursue emergency actions amid congressional gridlock on climate legislation. Negotiations on a budget bill that would have bolstered the Biden administration’s climate agenda were upended last week after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he could not support the bill, leaving his party...