Democrats are eyeing a tax on imports from countries that don’t have strong policies aimed at combating climate change, seeking to include such a tax in a wide-ranging spending package that could pass without Republican votes. A senior Democratic aide said that the $3.5 trillion budget deal key Senate Democrats reached Tuesday would propose “polluter import fees” but did not include any further specifics. Carbon border taxes are increasingly getting interest from policymakers across the globe, with the European Union (EU) proposing a similar idea this week. But Democratic lawmakers still have to determine how exactly ... (full story)