--- title: Lindsay Graham Calls for Action on Climate Change description: Republican Senator Lindsay Graham called for the U.S. to adopt a "price on carbon" to address man-made global warming Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-19T20:29:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:31:35.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Senator Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change og:description: "A price on carbon—that's the way to go in my view" og:url: https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87252a2846b924a/6988da17bc6cfc4df73e2abf/gettyimages-826060234.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4915 og:image:height: 2765 og:image:alt: donald trump lindsey graham twitter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican Senator Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change twitter:description: "A price on carbon—that's the way to go in my view" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87252a2846b924a/6988da17bc6cfc4df73e2abf/gettyimages-826060234.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Senator Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change > Sponsored content. 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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced legislation, named the Taylor Force Act, to cut U.S. financial aid to the West Bank and Gaza until the Palestinian Authority ends payments incentivizing terror attacks. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017\. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced legislation, named the Taylor Force Act, to cut U.S. financial aid to the West Bank and Gaza until the Palestinian Authority ends payments incentivizing terror attacks. Photograph by Zach Gibson—Bloomberg/Getty  by [Justin Worland / New Haven, Conn.](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland / New Haven, Conn. Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:31 AM UTCPublished: Sep 19, 2017 8:29 PM UTC Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed a “price on [carbon”](http://time.com/4672110/donald-trump-carbon-tax-dividend/) to fight climate change, breaking with much of the Republican Establishment. Speaking at a climate change conference held by former Secretary of State John Kerry at Yale University, the South Carolina Republican called for a “price on carbon,” saying he would take the idea to the White House for consideration. “I’m a Republican. I believe that the greenhouse effect is real, that CO2 emissions generated by man is creating our greenhouse gas effect that traps heat, and the planet is warming,” said Graham. “A price on carbon—that’s the way to go in my view.” Graham said he is working Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, on legislation. Despite the statement, any significant global warming legislation would meet [near-certain failure](http://time.com/4874888/climate-change-politics-history/) in the Republican-controlled Congress. Still, the announcement makes Graham part of an increasingly vocal [contingent](http://time.com/4762376/republicans-climate-change-debate/) of Republicans on Capitol Hill bucking their party along with 28 Republican members of a bipartisan climate change caucus (though the group has not endorsed a carbon tax or anything close to it). Another group of prominent Republican elder statesmen, including former secretaries of State James Baker and George P. Shultz and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, [offered a proposal](http://time.com/4663995/republicans-gop-climate-change-council/) earlier this year for a carbon tax and dividend that would pay returns to taxpayers. Graham has previously pressed for significant legislation to address [climate change](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/3987/peach-crop-climate-change), working in 2010 with then-Sens. Kerry and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut on cap-and-trade legislation. But Graham’s efforts on the issue were placed on the back burner after his bipartisan push faltered and the issue became increasingly toxic for Republicans in Washington. Graham called for climate change legislation during the 2016 election, but did not mention a price on carbon explicitly. Sen. John McCain also delivered recorded remarks calling for the federal government to act on climate change Tuesday. “I believe it is our responsibility to safeguard our environment and protect the planet,” he said. “Climate change is real and requires pragmatic problem-solving to address.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/"},"headline":"Republican Senator Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change","datePublished":"2017-09-19T20:29:44.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T03:31:35.000Z","description":"\"A price on carbon—that's the way to go in my view\"","url":"https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/","keywords":["climate change","Lindsey Graham","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87252a2846b924a/6988da17bc6cfc4df73e2abf/gettyimages-826060234.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland / New Haven, Conn."}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87252a2846b924a/6988da17bc6cfc4df73e2abf/gettyimages-826060234.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump lindsey graham twitter","caption":"Senate Republicans Hold A Press Conference On The Taylor Force Act","creditText":"Photograph by Zach Gibson—Bloomberg/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/climate-change/","name":"climate change"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/","name":"Republican Senator Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change"}}]}] ```