Shoffner said she joined a California-based climate group because of its support for a bill that would tax Americans for their emissions
Hallie Shoffner is running for Senate in Arkansas as a political outsider who will "fight for farmers." Before launching her campaign, however, Shoffner revealed that she joined a California-based climate organization over its support for a carbon tax bill that could cost farmers billions.
In a 2020 op-ed for the Arkansas Business Journal, headlined "This Is How I Will Change My Son's Future," Shoffner identified "climate change" as something that "keeps [her] up at night" and "scares the bejesus out of" her. She urged readers to join Citizens' Climate Lobby, an environmental nonprofit based in Coronado, Calif., that maintains local chapters throughout the United States and advocates for a tax on carbon.
"I joined Citizens' Climate Lobby because this organization and its members support a solution as real and immediate as climate change itself, the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act," wrote Shoffner. "Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 with bipartisan support, this agriculture-friendly policy puts a fee on fossil...
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