12 years ago, Democrats tried to implement a price on US carbon
emissions as part of a complicated process that would try to lower
America’s carbon footprint. But while this attempt failed, some American
companies privately began internally considering the cost of their
emissions. Today, POLITICO’s Lorraine Woellert, on how this shift could
help the federal government fight climate change.

Lorraine Woellert is POLITICO's sustainability editor.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO
Energy.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

12 years ago, Democrats tried to implement a price on US carbon emissions as part of a complicated process that would try to lower America’s carbon footprint. But while this attempt failed, some American companies privately began internally considering the cost of their emissions. Today, POLITICO’s Lorraine Woellert, on how this shift could help the federal government fight climate change.

Lorraine Woellert is POLITICO's sustainability editor.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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