Emily Cunningham on Twitter: "What 1631 *would* have done, which is what BP was ultimately most scared of, is inspire similar legislation around the country that would have been harder and harder to fight. No wonder that outspent us almost 2:1.… https://t.co/4gJsxmxens"

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Glen‏ @cuillin_glen 17 Aug 2019

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Quick correction - not that I’m defending them - but BP weren’t with this lot in 1989.

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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Is this being misreported? See below:pic.twitter.com/9R6vdXCMDc

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Glen‏ @cuillin_glen 17 Aug 2019

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Yes it’s mis-reporting. Amoco were the original members - BP subsequently took them over.

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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Thanks for the correction. The point remains that fossil fuel companies knew about the harms and continued anyways. BP fought against climate legislation in my state (USA) during our mid term election.https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1162666818038722560 …

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BP spent $13 million defeating Initiative 1631 in Washington State -- progressive climate legislation. Almost all of the $31 million in funding defeating it came from Big Oil. Those supporting it: environmental groups, our governor, Indigenous groups, businesses like Microsoft.

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Glen‏ @cuillin_glen 17 Aug 2019

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Worth digging deeper than headline. I understand BP lobbied against ineffectual elements of the state’s carbon tax. It excluded the 6 main carbon emitters & also had a carbon price too low to drive the needed change. Correct carbon taxation is good!

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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I personally worked on 1631 so it is much deeper than the headline for me. It was a revolutionary piece of legislation even with its shortfalls. When asked if BP would oppose legislation if it included the emitters and more taxation, they were speechless. No answer.

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Glen‏ @cuillin_glen 17 Aug 2019

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Agree it was a positive effort and well done on contributing to it but the whole set up on levels of carbon taxation needs equivalence otherwise it simply risks cross border leakage. Unilateral approaches run the risk of virtue signalling

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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I don't understand what you mean... what needs equivalence? What is cross border leakage?

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Glen‏ @cuillin_glen 17 Aug 2019

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Equivalent global pricing. Without that countries or individuals can simply secure cheaper energy by going to a place with zero or minimal tax.

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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Ah, well Washington doesn't have an income tax, yet we aren't over flooded with people from other states. I also remember reading a study about a tax in NY for the wealthy. Showed they wouldn't up and leave NY because other things tied them to home/place other than $$.

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 17 Aug 2019

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What 1631 *would* have done, which is what BP was ultimately most scared of, is inspire similar legislation around the country that would have been harder and harder to fight. No wonder that outspent us almost 2:1.

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