The far-right platform ratifed at the party's national convention in Cleveland on Monday includes language arguing that a carbon tax would increase energy prices.
"We urge the private sector to focus its resources on the development of carbon capture and sequestration technology still in its early stages here and overseas," according to the platform.
While Republicans are traditional allies to the oil and gas industry, the plank puts them at odds with ExxonMobil, which has long pushed for a carbon tax and has reportedly been working recently to get its peers to do the same.
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