A member of Donald Trump’s cabinet has broken ranks with many other Republicans and endorsed putting a price on carbon dioxide, a climate change policy favoured by many economists but shunned by the administration.
Sonny Perdue, the US secretary of agriculture, on Thursday unveiled environmental goals for the farm sector that included locking more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the soil.
Asked about a carbon price, he said “legitimate, measurable carbon trading” could spur so-called carbon sequestration by giving farmers an incentive to innovate.
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