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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The best carbon pricing on the planet right now is the…”

Featuring: Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic | U.S. Senate Rhode Island

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Sen. Whitehouse, Leader Jeffries, and Speaker Emerita Pelosi on Climate Change

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

The good things that have come out of COP so far mean that the plane crashes higher up the mountain. But if you want to get the plane over the mountaintop safely, you've got to have carbon pricing. And The best carbon pricing on the planet right now is the carbon border adjustment mechanism in the European Union. And my mechanism was to them was to stand fast against any Trump attacks and be ready to stand against them when they come. (02:03–02:09)

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Asserts that the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism is the best current carbon pricing model.

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